Exam question 1 · Sore losers and button-mashers

Identify the principal consequence, as established in this lesson, of hurling a controller in anger.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish, hurl · To what, where: principal consequence, lesson, controller, anger

This is exam question 1 of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» 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	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hurling	punct
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 hurling	mark
13	hurling	hurl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Identify	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 controller	det
15	controller	controller	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hurling	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 anger	case
17	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hurling	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	establish	participle			this lesson	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	hurl	gerund	you not said here	a controller	anger	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent controller=Theme in anger=Destination

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

No consequence of any significance whatsoever

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	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 significance	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 significance	det
5	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consequence	nmod
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 consequence	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

Damage to property and to the trust of others, outlasting the anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 property	case
3	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Damage	nmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 trust	cc
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 trust	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trust	det
7	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Damage	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 others	case
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trust	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 outlasting	punct
11	outlasting	outlast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Damage	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 anger	det
13	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 outlasting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outlast	gerund		the anger					tree rules
2	trust		others						nom trust «possession intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The immediate restoration of the player's composure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 restoration	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 restoration	amod
3	restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 composure	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 player	det
6	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 composure	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 player	case
8	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restoration	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A guaranteed improvement in subsequent performance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 improvement	det
2	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 improvement	amod
3	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 performance	case
5	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 performance	amod
6	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improvement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guarantee	participle							vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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