Exam question 2 · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the landing after a rebound jump in basketball?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: landing

This is exam question 2 of lesson 249 «Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 landing	det
10	landing	landing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	after	after	ADP	_	14 jump	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 jump	det
13	rebound	rebound	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 jump	compound
14	jump	jump	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 basketball	case
16	basketball	basketball	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 jump	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the landing			after a rebound jump in basketball	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

One lands on the toes with locked knees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lands	nsubj
2	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 toes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toes	det
5	toes	toe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lands	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 knees	case
7	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 knees	amod
8	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 toes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	present	One			the toes with locked knees			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on toe=Destination
2	lock	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

One lands on one foot with a straight leg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lands	nsubj
2	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 foot	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 foot	nummod
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lands	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 leg	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 leg	det
8	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leg	amod
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	present	One			one foot		with a straight leg	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on foot=Destination

Option 3

One lands on the hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lands	nsubj
2	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 hands	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hands	det
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	present	One			the hands			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on hand=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Both feet are used with the knees bent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 feet	det
2	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 knees	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knees	det
7	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	obl
8	bent	bent	PUNCT	_	4 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		both feet				with the knees	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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