Exam question 4 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»

Ascertain the principal merit of a pupil substituting an invented and inoffensive exclamation for profane language upon defeat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: ascertain, substitute, invent · To what, where: principal merit, invented exclamation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 406 «Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 merit	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 merit	amod
4	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pupil	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 merit	nmod
8	substituting	substitute	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 pupil	acl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 exclamation	det
10	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 exclamation	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 inoffensive	cc
12	inoffensive	inoffensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 invented	conj
13	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 substituting	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 language	case
15	profane	profane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 language	amod
16	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 exclamation	nmod
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 defeat	case
18	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 language	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal merit of a pupil		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Topic
2	substitute	gerund	a pupil not said here	a invented exclamation	for profane language upon defeat	vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme exclamation=Location
3	invent	participle				vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Frustration is expressed without injury to any other person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frustration	frustration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 expressed	aux:pass
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 injury	case
5	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 person	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 person	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive		Frustration	any other person			without injury	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to person=Recipient

Option 2

The pupil is thereby exempted from household rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exempted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 exempted	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 exempted	advmod
5	exempted	exempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 rules	case
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rules	compound
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exempted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exempt	present · passive		the pupil		household rules		thereby property	tree rules

Option 3

Defeat is thereby converted into victory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 converted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 converted	aux:pass
3	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	4 converted	advmod
4	converted	convert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 victory	case
6	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 converted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present · passive		Defeat				into victory result; thereby property	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into victory=Result

Option 4

The opponent is thereby compelled to withdraw from the game at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 opponent	det
2	opponent	opponent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 compelled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 compelled	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 compelled	advmod
5	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 withdraw	mark
7	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 compelled	xcomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 withdraw	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 withdraw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	present · passive		the opponent				thereby property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	withdraw	to-infinitive				the game			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from game=Initial_Location

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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