Exam question 1 · Teams and voice chat

Identify the form of communication most conducive to effective co-ordination within a team in an online game.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, form · To what, where: form, online game, communication

This is exam question 1 of lesson 405 «Teams and voice chat» 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 form	det
3	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 communication	case
5	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 form	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 conducive	advmod
7	conducive	conducive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 communication	amod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 co-ordination	case
9	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 co-ordination	amod
10	co-ordination	co-ordination	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conducive	obl
11	within	within	ADP	_	13 team	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 team	det
13	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 game	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 game	det
16	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 game	amod
17	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the form of communication		a online game		within a team	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent form=Theme
2	form			communication					nom form «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Brief statements issued in turn, specifying location and circumstance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 statements	amod
2	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 statements	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 turn	case
5	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 issued	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 specifying	punct
7	specifying	specify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 statements	acl
8	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 specifying	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 circumstance	cc
10	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 location	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	participle		Brief statements not said here		turn			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in turn=Location
2	specify	gerund	Brief statements not said here	location and circumstance					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme

Option 2

Repeated apologies following every error

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 apologies	amod
2	apologies	apology	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 apologies	acl
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 error	det
5	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 following	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	follow	gerund	Repeated apologies not said here	every error					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Theme

Option 3

Prolonged silence on the part of every member

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 silence	amod
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 part	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 part	det
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 silence	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 member	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 member	det
8	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Simultaneous exclamations by all members of the team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Simultaneous	simultaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 exclamations	amod
2	exclamations	exclamation	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 members	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 members	det
5	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exclamations	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 team	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 team	det
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclaim		all members of the team						nom exclamation «communication transitive»: by=agent

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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