Exam question 4 · Respect: how it is earned

State the principle conveyed by the observation that the best boxers do not fight outside the ring.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, best boxers · What happens: state, convey, not fight · To what, where: principle, observation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 385 «Respect: how it is earned» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principle	det
3	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 principle	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 observation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 observation	det
7	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conveyed	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 fight	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boxers	det
10	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 boxers	amod
11	boxers	boxer	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fight	nsubj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fight	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 fight	advmod
14	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 observation	acl
15	outside	outside	ADP	_	17 ring	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ring	det
17	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fight	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the principle		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent principle=Topic
2	convey	participle		the principle not said here	by the observation	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not fight	present · do-support	the best boxers	the observation not said here	outside the ring	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent observation=Co-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

Boxers are prohibited from all physical activity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boxers	boxer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 activity	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 activity	det
6	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 activity	amod
7	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Boxers		all physical activity			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from activity=Eventuality

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

Controlled strength confined to a regulated setting earns respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Controlled	control	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 strength	amod
2	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 earns	nsubj
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 strength	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 setting	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 setting	det
6	regulated	regulated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 setting	amod
7	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confined	obl
8	earns	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 earns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	control	participle				vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	confine	participle		Controlled strength not said here	a regulated setting	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to setting=Destination
3	earn	present	Controlled strength	respect		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme

Option 3

Strength ought to be exercised wherever provocation arises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exercised	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 exercised	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 exercised	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 exercised	aux:pass
5	exercised	exercise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	8 arises	advmod
7	provocation	provocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arises	nsubj
8	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 exercised	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exercise	ought · passive		Strength					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	arise	present	provocation					wherever property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The ring is the sole place in which a person may lawfully be injured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 place	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 injured	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 injured	nsubj:pass
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 injured	aux
12	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	14 injured	advmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 injured	aux:pass
14	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 place	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the ring	the sole place					tree rules
2	injure	may · passive		a person		the sole place		lawfully property	tree rules

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