Exam question 3 · Parents' rules for big games

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion that «everyone has it» in respect of a game?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone · What happens: follow, characteris, have, respect · To what, where: assertion, respect, game

This is exam question 3 of lesson 404 «Parents' rules for big games» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 has	obj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 has	punct
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 has	nsubj
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 assertion	acl:relcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 has	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 has	punct
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 respect	case
18	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 game	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 game	det
21	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 respect	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the assertion	respect of a game	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	have in a quote	present	everyone	the assertion			tree rules
4	respect			a game			nom respect «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice

It obliges parents to purchase the game

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	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 obliges	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 purchase	mark
5	purchase	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purchase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	parents					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient
2	purchase	to-infinitive		the game					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Theme

Option 2

It is a legal requirement for the sale of the game

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 requirement	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 requirement	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 requirement	det
4	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 requirement	amod
5	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 sale	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sale	det
8	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requirement	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sale	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a legal requirement				for the sale of the game	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is seldom accurate and does not of itself constitute a sufficient reason

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	4 accurate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accurate	cop
3	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 constitute	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 constitute	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 constitute	advmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 itself	case
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 constitute	obl
10	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accurate	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 reason	det
12	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 reason	amod
13	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 constitute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					accurate, seldom property	tree rules
2	not constitute	present · do-support		a sufficient reason				of itself = it	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reason=Pivot

Option 4

It is invariably accurate and therefore decisive in every household

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	4 accurate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accurate	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 decisive	cc
6	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	7 decisive	advmod
7	decisive	decisive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 accurate	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 household	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 household	det
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accurate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			every household		accurate, invariably property	tree rules
2	be							therefore property	tree rules

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