Exam question 3 · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks
It is given that a player has been tagged in a game. Select the response consistent with fair play.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, tag, select · To what, where: It, player, game, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 312 «Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks» 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 player has been tagged in a 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 | _ | 9 tagged | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 player | det |
| 6 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tagged | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 tagged | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 tagged | aux:pass |
| 9 | tagged | tag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 game | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 game | det |
| 12 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tagged | obl |
| 13 | . | . | 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 | tag | present · perfect · passive | a player | a game | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
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 fair play.
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 play | case |
| 6 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 play | amod |
| 7 | play | play | 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
The player admits it and becomes «it»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 player | det |
| 2 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 admits | nsubj |
| 3 | admits | admit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 admits | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 becomes | cc |
| 6 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 admits | conj |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 it | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 becomes | xcomp |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 admits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | present | the player | it | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | become | present | the player not said here | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
The player claims another was tagged
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 player | det |
| 2 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 claims | nsubj |
| 3 | claims | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 tagged | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tagged | aux:pass |
| 6 | tagged | tag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 claims | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | present | the player | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | tag | past · passive | another | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
Option 3
The player denies it and continues
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 player | det |
| 2 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 denies | nsubj |
| 3 | denies | deny | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 denies | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 continues | cc |
| 6 | continues | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 denies | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deny | present | the player | it | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | continue | present | the player not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The player leaves the game in silence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 player | det |
| 2 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leaves | nsubj |
| 3 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 game | det |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leaves | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 silence | case |
| 7 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leaves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | the player | the game | silence | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent game=Theme in silence=Location |
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