Exam question 4 · Sore losers and button-mashers
It is given that a participant habitually abandons matches immediately prior to defeat. State the remedy adopted by the group.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: participant, you · What happens: give, abandon, defeat, state, adopt · To what, where: It, matches, remedy
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a participant habitually abandons matches immediately prior to 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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 abandons | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 participant | det |
| 6 | participant | participant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 abandons | nsubj |
| 7 | habitually | habitually | ADV | _ | 8 abandons | advmod |
| 8 | abandons | abandon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | matches | match | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 abandons | obj |
| 10 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 11 prior | advmod |
| 11 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 matches | amod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 defeat | mark |
| 13 | defeat | defeat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 prior | xcomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | abandon | present | a participant | matches | habitually property | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme match=Source | |||
| 3 | defeat | to-infinitive | a participant not said here | 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.
Sentence 2: State the remedy adopted by the group.
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 remedy | det |
| 3 | remedy | remedy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | obj |
| 4 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 remedy | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 group | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 group | det |
| 7 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 adopted | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the remedy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent remedy=Topic | ||||
| 2 | adopt | participle | the remedy not said here | by the group | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
That the participant shall be excluded permanently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 participant | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 participant | det |
| 3 | participant | participant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 excluded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 excluded | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 excluded | aux:pass |
| 6 | excluded | exclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | permanently | permanently | ADV | _ | 6 excluded | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exclude | shall · passive | that participant | permanently property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That abandonment of a match shall be counted as a loss
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 abandonment | det |
| 2 | abandonment | abandonment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 counted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 match | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 match | det |
| 5 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 abandonment | nmod |
| 6 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 counted | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 counted | aux:pass |
| 8 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 loss | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 loss | det |
| 11 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 counted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | shall · passive | that abandonment of a match | as a loss | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as loss=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | abandon | a match | nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
That the participant shall be awarded an additional turn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 participant | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 participant | det |
| 3 | participant | participant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 awarded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 awarded | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 awarded | aux:pass |
| 6 | awarded | award | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 turn | det |
| 8 | additional | additional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 turn | amod |
| 9 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 awarded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | award | shall · passive | that participant | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal turn=Theme |
Option 4
That all matches shall be declared void
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 declared | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 matches | det |
| 3 | matches | match | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 declared | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 declared | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 declared | aux:pass |
| 6 | declared | declare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | void | void | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 declared | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | declare speech: other | shall · passive | That | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
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