Exam question 3 · Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»

Whereas a pupil has discovered an error in a game permitting certain victory, select the response most consistent with the principles of fair play.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: game, you · What happens: discover, permit, select · To what, where: pupil, certain victory, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 408 «Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»» 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 discovered	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discovered	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 discovered	aux
5	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 select	advcl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 error	det
7	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discovered	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 error	nmod
11	permitting	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 game	acl
12	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 victory	amod
13	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 permitting	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 discovered	punct
15	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 response	det
17	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 select	obj
18	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	19 consistent	advmod
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 response	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 principles	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 principles	det
22	principles	principle	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 consistent	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 play	case
24	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 play	amod
25	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 principles	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	discover	present · perfect · passive		a pupil	tree rules
2	permit	gerund	a game not said here	certain victory	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Theme
3	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=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

The error ought to be exploited in every match until it is corrected by the developers

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 error	det
2	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exploited	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 exploited	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 exploited	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 exploited	aux:pass
6	exploited	exploit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 match	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 match	det
9	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exploited	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 corrected	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 corrected	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 corrected	aux:pass
13	corrected	correct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 exploited	advcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 developers	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 developers	det
16	developers	developer	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 corrected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exploit	ought · passive		the error		every match			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	correct speech: disagree	present · passive	the developers	error					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The error ought not to be exploited and ought to be reported to the developers

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 error	det
2	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exploited	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 exploited	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 exploited	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 exploited	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 exploited	aux:pass
7	exploited	exploit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reported	cc
9	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 reported	aux
10	to	to	PART	_	12 reported	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 reported	aux:pass
12	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 exploited	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 developers	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 developers	det
15	developers	developer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exploit	ought · passive		the error					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	report	ought · passive						to the developers	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: to developer=Co-Agent

Option 3

The error ought to be offered for sale to other participants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 error	det
2	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offered	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 offered	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 offered	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 offered	aux:pass
6	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 sale	case
8	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offered	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 participants	case
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 participants	amod
11	participants	participant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	ought · passive		the error				to other participants goal; for sale	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to participant=Goal

Option 4

The error ought to be disclosed solely to the pupil's own team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 error	det
2	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 disclosed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 disclosed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 disclosed	aux:pass
6	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	solely	solely	ADV	_	6 disclosed	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	13 team	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 team	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 pupil	case
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 team	amod
13	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disclosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	ought · passive		the error	the pupil's own team			solely property	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to team=Recipient

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