Exam question 4 · Cheating in games and sports

Determine the conduct most conducive to the continuance of friendships when a game is lost.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, friendships · What happens: determine, lose, continue · To what, where: conduct, game

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 conducive	advmod
5	conducive	conducive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 continuance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 continuance	det
8	continuance	continuance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conducive	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 friendships	case
10	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 continuance	nmod
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 lost	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 game	det
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lost	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lost	aux:pass
15	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Determine	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the conduct	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	lose	present · passive		a game	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	continue		friendships		nom continuance «act intransitive»: of=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

The accusation of the winner of dishonesty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accusation	det
2	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 winner	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 winner	det
5	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accusation	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 dishonesty	case
7	dishonesty	dishonesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 winner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accuse			the winner of dishonesty					nom accusation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The completion of the game and the congratulation of the winner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 completion	det
2	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 game	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 congratulation	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 congratulation	det
8	congratulation	congratulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 winner	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 winner	det
11	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 congratulation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete			the game					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient
2	congratulate		the winner						nom congratulation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The refusal to play on any future occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 play	mark
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 occasion	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 occasion	det
7	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 occasion	amod
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	to-infinitive				any future occasion			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The interruption of the game prior to its conclusion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 interruption	det
2	interruption	interruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 game	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interruption	nmod
6	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 conclusion	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 prior	fixed
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 conclusion	nmod:poss
9	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interruption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interrupt			the game				prior game's conclusion	nom interruption «act transitive»: of=patient prior=obl
2	conclude		game						nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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