Exam question 4 · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

In respect of the word «football», state which proposition is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, respect · To what, where: respect, word

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 correct	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 football	punct
7	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	appos
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 football	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 state	punct
10	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	conj
11	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 proposition	det
12	proposition	proposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	appos
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 correct	cop
14	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 correct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				respect of the word and state		correct property	tree rules
2	respect			the word and state					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It means the same sport in every country

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sport	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sport	amod
5	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 country	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 country	det
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	the same sport				in every country	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot sport=Theme in country=Attribute

Option 2

It means rugby everywhere, because both games use an oval ball and a large pitch with posts

The tree, 17 words

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rugby	rugby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 means	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 use	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 use	mark
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 games	det
8	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 use	nsubj
9	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ball	det
11	oval	oval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ball	amod
12	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 pitch	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pitch	det
15	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 pitch	amod
16	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ball	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 posts	case
18	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	rugby				everywhere property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rugby=Topic
2	use	present	both games	a oval ball and a large pitch				with posts	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Patient

Option 3

It means cricket in Australia and New Zealand

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Australia	case
5	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Zealand	cc
7	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Zealand	flat
8	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Australia	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	cricket				in Australia and New Zealand	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot cricket=Theme in australia=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It means soccer in the UK, but American football in the USA and Canada

The tree, 14 words

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soccer	soccer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 UK	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 UK	det
6	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 football	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 football	cc
9	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 football	amod
10	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 USA	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 USA	det
13	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 football	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Canada	cc
15	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 USA	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	soccer				in the UK	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot soccer=Theme in uk=Attribute

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