Exam question 2 · Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar

Whereas a pupil has sustained several consecutive defeats in a ranked game, select the course of action most consistent with sound judgement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: sustain, rank, select · To what, where: pupil, ranked game, course

This is exam question 2 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 sustained	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sustained	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sustained	aux
5	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 select	advcl
6	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 defeats	amod
7	consecutive	consecutive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 defeats	amod
8	defeats	defeat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sustained	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 game	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 game	det
11	ranked	rank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 game	amod
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sustained	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sustained	punct
14	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 consistent	advmod
20	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 action	amod
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 judgement	case
22	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 judgement	compound
23	judgement	judgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 consistent	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	sustain	present · perfect · passive		a pupil	a ranked game	tree rules
2	rank	participle				vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	select	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme

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

Play ought to be continued without interruption until the former rank is restored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 continued	aux
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 continued	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 continued	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 continued	aux:pass
5	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 interruption	case
7	interruption	interruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 continued	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 restored	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rank	det
10	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rank	amod
11	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 restored	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 restored	aux:pass
13	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 continued	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	ought · to-infinitive · passive						without interruption	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»
2	restore	present · passive		the former rank					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The internet connection ought to be severed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 connection	det
2	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 connection	compound
3	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 severed	nsubj:pass
4	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 severed	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	7 severed	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 severed	aux:pass
7	severed	sever	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sever	ought · passive		the internet connection					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The difficulty ought to be increased forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 difficulty	det
2	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 increased	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 increased	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 increased	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 increased	aux:pass
6	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 increased	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	ought · passive		the difficulty				forthwith property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Play ought to be discontinued and resumed upon a subsequent day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 discontinued	parataxis
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 discontinued	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 discontinued	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 discontinued	aux:pass
5	discontinued	discontinue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 resumed	cc
7	resumed	resume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 discontinued	conj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 day	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
10	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 day	amod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	when	roles by
1	play	infinitive		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	discontinue	ought · passive		vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»
3	resume	participle	day	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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