Exam question 4 · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play

State the consequence of cheating in a game.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state · To what, where: consequence, game

This is exam question 4 of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 cheating	case
5	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consequence	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 game	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 game	det
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the consequence of cheating		a game			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic

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

It has no effect upon friendships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 friendships	case
6	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon friendships	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It spoils the game, and others will not wish to play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoils	nsubj
2	spoils	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoils	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wish	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wish	cc
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wish	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 wish	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 wish	advmod
10	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 spoils	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 play	mark
12	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wish	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	spoil	present	It	the game	tree rules
2	not wish	future	others		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	others not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It improves the game for every player and makes it more exciting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 player	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 player	det
7	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 makes	cc
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 improves	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 makes	obj
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 exciting	advmod
12	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the game				for every player	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent game=Patient
2	make	present		game				exciting property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 4

It is permitted if the game is long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 long	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 long	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 long	cop
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 permitted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		It					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the game					long property	tree rules

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