Exam question 2 · Cheating in games and sports

Identify the principal consequence of the feigning of an injury in order to avoid participation in a race on behalf of a team.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, avoid, feign · To what, where: principal consequence, order, participation, race, injury

This is exam question 2 of lesson 341 «Cheating in games and 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 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 feigning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 feigning	det
7	feigning	feigning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 injury	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 injury	det
10	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feigning	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 order	case
12	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 avoid	mark
14	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	advcl
15	participation	participation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 avoid	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 race	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 race	det
18	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 avoid	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 behalf	case
20	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 avoid	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 team	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 team	det
23	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 behalf	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence of the feigning of a injury	order		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	avoid	to-infinitive	you not said here	participation	a race	on behalf of a team	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent participation=Location
3	feign			a injury			nom feigning «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

The team is deprived of a runner and the pupil acts dishonestly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deprived	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 deprived	aux:pass
4	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 runner	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 runner	det
7	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deprived	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 acts	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 acts	nsubj
11	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 deprived	conj
12	dishonestly	dishonestly	ADV	_	11 acts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	present · passive		the team				of a runner	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of runner=Theme
2	act	present	the pupil					dishonestly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The team gains an advantage, since a slower runner is thereby replaced by another

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gains	nsubj
3	gains	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 advantage	det
5	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gains	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 replaced	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 replaced	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 runner	det
9	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 runner	amod
10	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 replaced	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 replaced	aux:pass
12	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	13 replaced	advmod
13	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gains	parataxis
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 another	case
15	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	13 replaced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gain	present	the team	a advantage					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme
2	replace	present · passive		a slower runner				by another; thereby property	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme

Option 3

No consequence of any description ensues

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ensues	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 description	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 description	det
5	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod
6	ensues	ensue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ensue	present	no consequence of any description						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The pupil is thereby rendered a faster runner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rendered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rendered	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 rendered	advmod
5	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 runner	det
7	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 runner	amod
8	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rendered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · passive		the pupil				thereby property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient runner=Theme

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