Exam question 4 · Teams and voice chat
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning participation in online games with unknown persons.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, participation, online games
This is exam question 4 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 | 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 | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 facts | acl |
| 10 | participation | participation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 games | case |
| 12 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 games | amod |
| 13 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 concerning | obl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 persons | case |
| 15 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 persons | amod |
| 16 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 games | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | concern | gerund | the established facts not said here | participation | online games with unknown persons | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus participation=Experiencer |
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
Unknown persons are invariably trustworthy and well-intentioned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 persons | amod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trustworthy | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trustworthy | cop |
| 4 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 5 trustworthy | advmod |
| 5 | trustworthy | trustworthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 intentioned | cc |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 intentioned | advmod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 well | punct |
| 9 | intentioned | intention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 trustworthy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Unknown persons | invariably, trustworthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | intention | participle | Unknown persons not said here | well property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Play with persons known in real life is the safer course
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 course | parataxis |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 persons | case |
| 3 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Play | obl |
| 4 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 persons | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 known | obl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 course | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 course | det |
| 10 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 course | amod |
| 11 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | infinitive | with persons | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with person=Co-Agent | |||||
| 2 | know | participle | persons not said here | real life | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | the safer course | tree rules |
Option 3
Unknown persons must be given personal details
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 persons | amod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 given | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 given | aux:pass |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 details | amod |
| 7 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 given | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | must · passive | Unknown persons | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient detail=Theme |
Option 4
Play with unknown persons is required by the game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 required | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 persons | case |
| 3 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 persons | amod |
| 4 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Play | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 required | aux:pass |
| 6 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 game | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 game | det |
| 9 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 required | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | infinitive | with unknown persons | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with person=Co-Agent | |||||
| 2 | require | present · passive | the game | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |
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