Exam question 3 · Teams and voice chat

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of a competent team leader?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct · To what, where: conduct, competent team leader

This is exam question 3 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	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 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 leader	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 leader	det
13	competent	competent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 leader	amod
14	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 leader	compound
15	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the conduct of a competent team leader	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct		a competent team leader		nom conduct «act 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

Instructions are given clearly and courteously, without insult to any player

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	3 given	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 courteously	cc
6	courteously	courteously	ADV	_	4 clearly	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 insult	punct
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 insult	case
9	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	parataxis
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 player	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 player	det
12	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		Instructions	any player			clearly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to player=Recipient

Option 2

Every decision is withheld from the team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 decision	det
2	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 withheld	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 withheld	aux:pass
4	withheld	withhold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 team	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 withheld	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withhold	present · passive		every decision		the team			tree rules

Option 3

Instructions are shouted loudly and accompanied by insults to the weaker players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shouted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shouted	aux:pass
3	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	3 shouted	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 accompanied	cc
6	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shouted	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 insults	case
8	insults	insult	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 accompanied	obl:agent
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 players	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 players	det
11	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 players	amod
12	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 accompanied	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present · passive		Instructions				loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	accompany	participle							vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

All tasks are allocated to the leader alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 tasks	det
2	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allocated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allocated	aux:pass
4	allocated	allocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 leader	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 leader	det
7	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allocated	obl
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 leader	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allocate	present · passive		all tasks				to the leader goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to leader=Goal

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