Exam question 1 · Making peace between the streets

Identify the principal reason for which the composition of mixed teams from two rival streets may diminish hostility between them.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, composition · What happens: identify, mix, diminish · To what, where: principal reason, hostility

This is exam question 1 of lesson 394 «Making peace between the streets» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 diminish	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 composition	det
8	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 diminish	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 teams	case
10	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 teams	amod
11	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 composition	nmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 streets	case
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 streets	nummod
14	rival	rival	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 streets	amod
15	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 teams	nmod
16	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 diminish	aux
17	diminish	diminish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
18	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 diminish	obj
19	between	between	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 hostility	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	mix	participle				vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	diminish	may	the composition of mixed teams from two rival streets	hostility	for the principal reason; between streets = street	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer hostility=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

Co-operation towards a common aim fosters acquaintance between members of the two groups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Co-operation	co-operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fosters	nsubj
2	towards	towards	ADP	_	5 aim	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 aim	det
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 aim	amod
5	aim	aim	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Co-operation	nmod
6	fosters	foster	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fosters	obj
8	between	between	ADP	_	9 members	case
9	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fosters	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 groups	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 groups	det
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 groups	nummod
13	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	foster	present	Co-operation towards a common aim	acquaintance				between members of the two groups	tree rules

Option 2

Mixed teams prevent any player from scoring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 teams	amod
2	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prevent	nsubj
3	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 player	det
5	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prevent	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 scoring	case
7	scoring	scoring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prevent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle							vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	prevent	present	Mixed teams	any player		scoring			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer player=Beneficiary from scoring=Eventuality

Option 3

Mixed teams remove the need for adult supervision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 teams	amod
2	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remove	nsubj
3	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 need	det
5	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remove	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 supervision	case
7	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 supervision	amod
8	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle							vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	remove	present	Mixed teams	the need				for adult supervision	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Theme

Option 4

Hostility is diminished solely by the fatigue that follows vigorous exercise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 diminished	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 diminished	aux:pass
3	diminished	diminish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 diminished	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fatigue	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fatigue	det
7	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 diminished	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 follows	nsubj
9	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fatigue	acl:relcl
10	vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 exercise	amod
11	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 follows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	diminish	present · passive	the fatigue	Hostility				solely property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer subject=Patient
2	follow	present	the fatigue	vigorous exercise					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exercise=Theme

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