Exam question 3 · Safe toys and fair board games
It is given that a younger child wishes to join a difficult game. Select the response consistent with good sportsmanship.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: younger child, you · What happens: give, wish, join, select · To what, where: It, difficult game, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board games» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a younger child wishes to join a difficult game.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 wishes | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 6 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 child | amod |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wishes | nsubj |
| 8 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 join | mark |
| 10 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 wishes | xcomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 game | det |
| 12 | difficult | difficult | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 game | amod |
| 13 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 join | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wish | present | a younger child | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | join not said to happen | to-infinitive | a younger child not said here | a difficult game | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Patient |
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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with good sportsmanship.
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 sportsmanship | case |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sportsmanship | amod |
| 7 | sportsmanship | sportsmanship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
One shall play upon their team or choose a simpler game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 play | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 play | aux |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 team | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 team | nmod:poss |
| 6 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 play | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 choose | cc |
| 8 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 play | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 game | det |
| 10 | simpler | simple | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 game | amod |
| 11 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 choose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | shall | One | upon their team | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | choose | infinitive | One not said here | a simpler game | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
Option 2
One shall play harder in order to defeat them quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 play | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 play | aux |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | harder | hard | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 play | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 8 defeat | mark |
| 6 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 in | fixed |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 defeat | mark |
| 8 | defeat | defeat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 play | advcl |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 defeat | obj |
| 10 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 8 defeat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | shall | One | hard property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | defeat | to-infinitive | One not said here | them = they | quickly property | tree rules |
Option 3
One shall allow them only to watch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 allow | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 allow | aux |
| 3 | allow | allow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 allow | iobj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 watch | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 watch | mark |
| 7 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 allow | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | shall | One | them = they | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer they=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | watch not said to happen | to-infinitive | One not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
One shall exclude them from play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 exclude | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 exclude | aux |
| 3 | exclude | exclude | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 exclude | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 play | case |
| 6 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 exclude | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exclude | shall | One | them = they | play | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer they=Beneficiary from play=Eventuality |
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