Exam question 1 · Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar
Identify the principal consequence for the remaining members of a team when one participant abandons a match in anger.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, one participant · What happens: identify, remain, abandon · To what, where: principal consequence, match, anger
This is exam question 1 of lesson 407 «Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar» 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 | 4 consequence | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 consequence | amod |
| 4 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 members | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 members | det |
| 7 | remaining | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 members | amod |
| 8 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 team | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 team | det |
| 11 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 members | nmod |
| 12 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 abandons | mark |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 participant | nummod |
| 14 | participant | participant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 abandons | nsubj |
| 15 | abandons | abandon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Identify | advcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 match | det |
| 17 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 abandons | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 anger | case |
| 19 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 abandons | obl |
| 20 | . | . | 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 principal consequence | for the remaining members of a team | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | |||
| 2 | remain | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | abandon | present | one participant | a match | anger | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme match=Source |
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
The remaining members are compelled to continue with fewer players
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 members | det |
| 2 | remaining | remaining | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 members | amod |
| 3 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 compelled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 compelled | aux:pass |
| 5 | compelled | compel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 continue | mark |
| 7 | continue | continue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 compelled | xcomp |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 players | case |
| 9 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 players | amod |
| 10 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 continue | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compel | present · passive | the remaining members | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | |||||
| 2 | continue | to-infinitive | with fewer players | vn continue-55.3 «NP.eventuality V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with player=Subeventuality |
Option 2
The abandoning participant is credited with a win
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 participant | det |
| 2 | abandoning | abandon | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 participant | amod |
| 3 | participant | participant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 credited | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 credited | aux:pass |
| 5 | credited | credit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 win | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 win | det |
| 8 | win | win | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 credited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | gerund | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | credit | present · passive | the abandoning participant | with a win | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with win=Theme |
Option 3
The match is cancelled without result for all participants
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 match | det |
| 2 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cancelled | aux:pass |
| 4 | cancelled | cancel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 result | case |
| 6 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cancelled | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 participants | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 participants | det |
| 9 | participants | participant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cancelled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cancel | present · passive | the match | without result; for all participants | tree rules |
Option 4
The remaining members are awarded the victory
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 members | det |
| 2 | remaining | remaining | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 members | amod |
| 3 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 awarded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 awarded | aux:pass |
| 5 | awarded | award | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 victory | det |
| 7 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 awarded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | award | present · passive | the remaining members | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal victory=Theme |
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