Exam question 3 · Soccer, American football and baseball

Select the response consistent with established practice regarding shin pads.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, regard · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 pads	case
9	shin	shin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pads	compound
10	pads	pad	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 practice	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They are optional in tackling games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 optional	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 optional	cop
3	optional	optional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 games	case
5	tackling	tackling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 games	compound
6	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 optional	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			tackling games		optional property	tree rules

Option 2

They are worn over the boots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worn	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	aux:pass
3	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 boots	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boots	det
6	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present · passive		They		the boots			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

Option 3

They are worn only in professional matches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worn	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	aux:pass
3	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 matches	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 matches	case
6	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 matches	amod
7	matches	match	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present · passive		They		professional matches			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They are worn under the socks at practice and matches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worn	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	aux:pass
3	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 socks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 socks	det
6	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worn	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 practice	case
8	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worn	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 matches	cc
10	matches	match	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 practice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present · passive		They		the socks		at practice and matches	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

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