Exam question 3 · What the numbers on the box mean

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reason for which a game depicting blood may receive a higher classification than a film of comparable content.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, game · What happens: select, establish, concern, depict, receive, film · To what, where: response, reason, blood, higher classification, comparable content

This is exam question 3 of lesson 400 «What the numbers on the box mean» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reason	det
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 receive	obl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 game	det
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 receive	nsubj
16	depicting	depict	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 game	acl
17	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 depicting	obj
18	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 receive	aux
19	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 reason	acl:relcl
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 classification	det
21	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 classification	amod
22	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 receive	obj
23	than	than	ADP	_	25 film	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 film	det
25	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 classification	nmod
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 content	case
27	comparable	comparable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 content	amod
28	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 film	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the reason		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reason=Experiencer
4	depict	gerund	a game not said here	blood		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent blood=Theme
5	receive	may	a game	a higher classification	for the reason; than a film of comparable content	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classification=Theme
6	film			comparable content		nom film «communication transitive»: of=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

Classifications of games are assigned arbitrarily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Classifications	classification	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 assigned	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 games	case
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Classifications	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 assigned	aux:pass
5	assigned	assign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	arbitrarily	arbitrarily	ADV	_	5 assigned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assign	present · passive		Classifications of games				arbitrarily property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	classify			games					nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient

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

The player performs the actions personally and repeatedly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 player	det
2	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performs	nsubj
3	performs	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 actions	det
5	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performs	obj
6	personally	personally	ADV	_	3 performs	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 repeatedly	cc
8	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	6 personally	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present	the player	the actions				personally property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme

Option 3

Films are invariably viewed in the company of adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 viewed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 viewed	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 viewed	advmod
4	viewed	view	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 company	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 company	det
7	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 viewed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 adults	case
9	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 company	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	view	present · passive		Films		the company of adults		invariably property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

Games are of greater duration than any film

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 duration	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 duration	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 duration	case
4	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 duration	amod
5	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 film	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 film	det
8	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 duration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Games					of greater duration; than any film	tree rules

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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