Exam question 4 · Copying game moves on a little brother

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning fights depicted in films and on the stage.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, depict · To what, where: response, concerning fights, films

This is exam question 4 of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fights	amod
10	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 fights	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 films	case
13	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 depicted	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 stage	cc
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 stage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 stage	det
17	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 films	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	depict	participle		concerning fights not said here	films and the stage		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

They are performed by untrained volunteers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 performed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 volunteers	case
5	untrained	untrained	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 volunteers	amod
6	volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive	untrained volunteers	They					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They invariably result in injury to the performers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 result	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 result	advmod
3	result	result	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 injury	case
5	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 result	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 performers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 performers	det
8	performers	performer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 result	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	result	present	They			injury		to the performers; invariably property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in injury=Location

Option 3

They involve genuine blows delivered with full force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 involve	nsubj
2	involve	involve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 blows	amod
4	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 involve	obj
5	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 blows	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 force	case
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 force	amod
8	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 delivered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	involve	present	They	genuine blows					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme
2	deliver	participle		genuine blows not said here				with full force	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They are simulated by trained performers so that no person is injured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 simulated	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 simulated	aux:pass
3	simulated	simulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 performers	case
5	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 performers	amod
6	performers	performer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 simulated	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 injured	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 injured	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 injured	cop
12	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 simulated	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	simulate	present · passive	trained performers	They		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	train	participle				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	no person		injured property	tree rules

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