Exam question 3 · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming

Select the response consistent with established practice regarding jewellery in sport.

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 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	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	9 jewellery	case
9	jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 sport	case
11	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jewellery	nmod
12	.	.	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

Jewellery protects against knocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protects	nsubj
2	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	4 knocks	case
4	knocks	knock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	Jewellery					against knocks	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent against knock=Theme

Option 2

Only expensive jewellery is removed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 expensive	advmod
2	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jewellery	amod
3	jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present · passive		expensive jewellery					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Jewellery may be worn under the shirt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worn	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 worn	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 worn	aux:pass
4	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 shirt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shirt	det
7	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worn	obl

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Rings, earrings and necklaces are removed before sport

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 removed	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 earrings	punct
3	earrings	earring	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rings	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 necklaces	cc
5	necklaces	necklace	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rings	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 removed	aux:pass
7	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	before	before	ADP	_	9 sport	case
9	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present · passive		Rings and earrings and necklaces			before sport		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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