Exam question 1 · Fighting games at a friend's house

Identify the information conveyed by an age classification affixed to a video game.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, convey, affix · To what, where: information, age classification

This is exam question 1 of lesson 401 «Fighting games at a friend's house» 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	3 information	det
3	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 information	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 classification	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 classification	det
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 classification	compound
8	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conveyed	obl
9	affixed	affix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 classification	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 game	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 game	det
12	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 game	compound
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 affixed	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the information		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent information=Theme
2	convey	participle		the information not said here	by a age classification	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	affix	participle		a age classification not said here	to a video game	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to game=Co-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 · ← Mova's choice

The degree of skill required for its completion by an ordinary player

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 degree	det
2	degree	degree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 skill	case
4	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 degree	nmod
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 degree	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 completion	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 completion	nmod:poss
8	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 player	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 player	det
11	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 player	amod
12	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	participle		the degree of skill not said here				for skill's completion; by a ordinary player	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	complete		skill						nom completion «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The suitability of its content, including violence and fear, for particular ages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 suitability	det
2	suitability	suitability	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 content	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 content	nmod:poss
5	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suitability	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 violence	punct
7	including	including	ADP	_	8 violence	case
8	violence	violence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suitability	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fear	cc
10	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 violence	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ages	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 ages	case
13	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ages	amod
14	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 suitability	conj

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

Option 3

The duration of play required for its completion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 duration	det
2	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 play	case
4	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 duration	nmod
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 duration	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 completion	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 completion	nmod:poss
8	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	participle		the duration of play not said here				for play's completion	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	complete		play						nom completion «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The retail price recommended by the publisher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 price	det
2	retail	retail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 price	compound
3	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 price	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 publisher	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 publisher	det
7	publisher	publisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recommended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recommend	participle		the retail price not said here				by the publisher	vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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