Exam question 3 · Whose turn is it?

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the rule «winner stays on» where one participant is markedly more skilled than the rest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: winner, one participant · What happens: follow, characteris, stay on, be · To what, where: rule · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rule	det
10	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 stays	punct
12	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stays	nsubj
13	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 rule	parataxis
14	on	on	ADP	_	13 stays	compound:prt
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 stays	punct
16	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 skilled	advmod
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 participant	nummod
18	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 skilled	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 skilled	cop
20	markedly	markedly	ADV	_	22 skilled	advmod
21	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 skilled	amod
22	skilled	skilled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stays	advcl
23	than	than	ADP	_	25 rest	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 rest	det
25	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 skilled	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the rule	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	stay on in a quote	present	winner			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	one participant		than the rest; markedly, skilled property	tree rules

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

It is fair provided the host approves of it

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 fair	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 host	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 host	amod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 host	det
6	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 approves	nsubj
7	approves	approve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 approves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		fair property	tree rules
2	provide	participle			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	approve	present	the fair provided host	of it	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It is fair, as merit should be rewarded without limit

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 fair	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rewarded	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 rewarded	mark
6	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rewarded	nsubj:pass
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 rewarded	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 rewarded	aux:pass
9	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fair	conj
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 limit	case
11	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rewarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fair property	tree rules
2	reward	should · passive		merit				without limit	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is unfair only when the winner is a guest

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 unfair	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unfair	cop
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	10 guest	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 guest	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winner	det
7	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guest	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 guest	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 guest	det
10	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unfair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unfair property	tree rules
2	is a	present	the winner	a guest					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is unfair, as the remaining participants seldom play

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 unfair	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unfair	cop
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 play	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 play	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 participants	det
7	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 participants	amod
8	participants	participant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 play	nsubj
9	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	10 play	advmod
10	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unfair	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unfair property	tree rules
2	play	present	the remaining participants					seldom property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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