Exam question 4 · Younger children, losing and practising

Ascertain the reason for which game pieces are moved to a high table when a baby is present.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, baby · What happens: ascertain, move, be · To what, where: reason, game pieces, high table

This is exam question 4 of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 moved	obl
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pieces	compound
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 moved	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 moved	aux:pass
9	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 table	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 table	det
12	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 table	amod
13	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moved	obl
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 present	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 baby	det
16	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 present	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 present	cop
18	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 moved	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	move	present · passive		game pieces	a high table	for the reason	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to table=Trajectory
3	is	present	a baby			present 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

High tables make the game fairer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tables	amod
2	tables	table	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	High tables	the game				fair property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material game=Product

Option 2

Babies may win the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 win	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 win	aux
3	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	may	Babies	the game					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Small pieces may choke a baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pieces	amod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 choke	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 choke	aux
4	choke	choke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choke	may	Small pieces	a baby					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme baby=Destination

Option 4

Pieces are lost more easily on floors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 easily	advmod
5	easily	easily	ADV	_	3 lost	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 floors	case
7	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		Pieces		floors		easily property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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