Exam question 4 · Safe toys and fair board games

State the purpose of rolling dice within a box lid or tray.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State purpose · What happens: roll · To what, where: dice

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purpose	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 rolling	mark
5	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 purpose	acl
6	dice	die	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rolling	obj
7	within	within	ADP	_	10 lid	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lid	det
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lid	compound
10	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rolling	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 tray	cc
12	tray	tray	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lid	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 purpose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	gerund	the State purpose not said here	dice				within a box lid or tray	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent die=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

To hide the result from the other players at the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hide	mark
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 result	det
4	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 players	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 players	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 players	amod
8	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hide	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 table	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 table	det
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	to-infinitive		the result		the other players		at the table	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent result=Patient from player=Beneficiary

Option 2

To make the numbers higher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 numbers	det
4	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
5	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		the numbers				high property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset number=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To prevent loss and disputes about the number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 disputes	cc
5	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 loss	conj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 number	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 number	det
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		loss and disputes				about the number	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer loss=Theme

Option 4

To increase the chance of a six

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 increase	mark
2	increase	increase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chance	det
4	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 six	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 six	det
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 chance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	to-infinitive		the chance of a six					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer chance=Patient

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