Exam question 2 · Sore losers and button-mashers

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion «I let you win» uttered by a defeated participant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, you · What happens: follow, characteris, let, win, utter, defeat · To what, where: assertion, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	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 assertion	det
10	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 let	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 let	nsubj
13	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 let	obj
15	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 let	xcomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 win	punct
17	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 let	xcomp
18	by	by	ADP	_	21 participant	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 participant	det
20	defeated	defeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 participant	amod
21	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 uttered	obl
22	?	?	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 assertion	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	let in a quote	past	I	you		tree rules
4	win in a quote	infinitive	you not said here			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	utter speech: other	participle	you not said here		by a defeated participant	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
6	defeat	participle				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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It diminishes the victor's achievement without concealing the defeat

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	2 diminishes	nsubj
2	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 victor	det
4	victor	victor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 achievement	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 victor	case
6	achievement	achievement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diminishes	obj
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 concealing	mark
8	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 diminishes	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 defeat	det
10	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	diminish	present	It	the victor's achievement	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer achievement=Patient
2	conceal	gerund		the defeat	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defeat=Patient
3	achieve		the victor		nom achievement «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It invariably reflects the true state of affairs

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 reflects	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 reflects	advmod
3	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 state	det
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 state	amod
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reflects	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 affairs	case
8	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 state	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	It	the true state of affairs				invariably property	tree rules

Option 3

It obliges the victor to offer a rematch

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	2 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 victor	det
4	victor	victor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 offer	mark
6	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rematch	det
8	rematch	rematch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	the victor					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victor=Patient
2	offer	to-infinitive		a rematch					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent rematch=Theme

Option 4

It is a gracious acknowledgement of the victor's superior skill

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	5 acknowledgement	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 acknowledgement	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 acknowledgement	det
4	gracious	gracious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 acknowledgement	amod
5	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 skill	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 victor	det
8	victor	victor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skill	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 victor	case
10	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 skill	amod
11	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acknowledgement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a gracious acknowledgement				of the victor's superior skill	tree rules

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