Exam question 2 · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

Identify the principal reason for which jewellery is removed before sport.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, remove · To what, where: principal reason, jewellery

This is exam question 2 of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 removed	obl
7	jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 removed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 removed	aux:pass
9	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	before	before	ADP	_	11 sport	case
11	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 removed	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	remove	present · passive		jewellery			before sport	for the principal reason	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Jewellery is liable to be stolen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 liable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 liable	cop
3	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 stolen	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 stolen	aux:pass
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 liable	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Jewellery					liable property	tree rules
2	steal	to-infinitive · passive	Jewellery not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»

Option 2

Jewellery slows the player down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slows	nsubj
2	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 player	det
4	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slows	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	2 slows	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow down	present	Jewellery	the player					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent player=Patient

Option 3

Referees dislike shiny objects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Referees	referee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dislike	nsubj
2	dislike	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 objects	amod
4	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dislike	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dislike	present	Referees	shiny objects					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Rings, earrings and necklaces may catch and tear skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catch	nsubj
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	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 catch	aux
7	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tear	cc
9	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 catch	conj
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	may	Rings and earrings and necklaces						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tear	infinitive	Rings and earrings and necklaces not said here	skin					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location skin=Theme

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