Exam question 4 · Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar

State the outcome consistent with the established facts where a participant disconnects the household router to avert a recorded defeat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, participant · What happens: state, establish, disconnect, avert, record · To what, where: outcome, household router, recorded defeat

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 State	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	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 disconnects	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 participant	det
11	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 disconnects	nsubj
12	disconnects	disconnect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 facts	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 router	det
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 router	compound
15	router	router	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 disconnects	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 avert	mark
17	avert	avert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 router	acl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 defeat	det
19	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 defeat	amod
20	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 avert	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the outcome	consistent property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	disconnect	present	a participant	the household router		vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent router=Patient
4	avert	to-infinitive	a participant not said here	a recorded defeat		tree rules
5	record	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «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 defeat is erased from all records held by the game operator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 defeat	det
2	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 erased	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 erased	aux:pass
4	erased	erase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 records	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 records	det
7	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 erased	obl
8	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 records	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 operator	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 operator	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 operator	compound
12	operator	operator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erase	present · passive		the defeat		all records			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from record=Source
2	hold	participle		all records not said here				by the game operator	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by operator=Location

Option 2

The participant is awarded additional points

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 participant	det
2	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 awarded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 awarded	aux:pass
4	awarded	award	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 points	amod
6	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 awarded	obj

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

Option 3

The opposing team is penalised instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 team	det
2	opposing	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 team	amod
3	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 penalised	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 penalised	aux:pass
5	penalised	penalis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 penalised	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oppose	gerund							vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	penalis	present · passive		the opposing team				instead property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The defeat is ordinarily recorded notwithstanding the disconnection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 defeat	det
2	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 recorded	aux:pass
4	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	5 recorded	advmod
5	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 recorded	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 disconnection	det
8	disconnection	disconnection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notwithstanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		the defeat				ordinarily property	tree rules
2	notwithstand	gerund		the disconnection					tree rules

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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