Exam question 4 · Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»

Ascertain the conclusion consistent with the established facts where a novice is defeated by a participant of several thousand hours' experience.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, participant, several thousand hours · What happens: ascertain, establish, defeat, experience · To what, where: conclusion, novice

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	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	13 defeated	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 novice	det
11	novice	novice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 defeated	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 defeated	aux:pass
13	defeated	defeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 participant	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 participant	det
16	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 defeated	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	22 experience	case
18	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 hours	amod
19	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 hours	nummod
20	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 experience	nmod:poss
21	'	's	PART	_	20 hours	case
22	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 participant	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion	consistent property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	defeat	present · passive	a participant of several thousand hours's experience	a novice		tree rules
4	experience		several thousand hours			nom experience «cognition transitive»: poss=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

The defeat affords no reliable measure of the novice's ability

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	3 affords	nsubj
3	affords	afford	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 measure	det
5	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 measure	amod
6	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 affords	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 ability	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 novice	det
9	novice	novice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ability	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 novice	case
11	ability	ability	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afford	present	the defeat	no reliable measure of the novice's ability					tree rules
2	measure			the novice's ability					nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The defeat proves that the opponent employed a hack

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	3 proves	nsubj
3	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 employed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 opponent	det
6	opponent	opponent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employed	nsubj
7	employed	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proves	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hack	det
9	hack	hack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	the defeat						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	employ	past	the opponent	a hack					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hack=Theme

Option 3

The defeat establishes that the novice lacks all ability

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	3 establishes	nsubj
3	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 lacks	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 novice	det
6	novice	novice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lacks	nsubj
7	lacks	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 establishes	ccomp
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 ability	det
9	ability	ability	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lacks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	present	the defeat						vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	lack	present	the novice	all ability					tree rules

Option 4

The defeat obliges the novice to cease playing

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	3 obliges	nsubj
3	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 novice	det
5	novice	novice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obliges	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cease	mark
7	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliges	advcl
8	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 cease	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	oblige	present	the defeat	the novice	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent novice=Patient
2	cease	to-infinitive	the defeat not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	play	gerund	the defeat not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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