Exam question 1 · Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi

Identify the most probable cause of intermittent delay in an online game where other members of the household are simultaneously streaming video.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, other members · What happens: identify, stream, cause · To what, where: probable cause, video, intermittent delay

This is exam question 1 of lesson 409 «Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi» 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	5 cause	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 delay	case
7	intermittent	intermittent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 delay	compound
8	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 game	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 game	det
11	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 game	amod
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 delay	nmod
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 streaming	advmod
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 members	amod
15	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 streaming	nsubj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 household	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 household	det
18	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 members	nmod
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 streaming	aux
20	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	_	21 streaming	advmod
21	streaming	stream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 game	acl
22	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 streaming	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the probable cause of intermittent delay in a online game		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	stream	present · progressive	other members of the household	video	simultaneously property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location video=Theme
3	cause			intermittent delay in a online game		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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 game operator is deliberately impeding the participant on account of his rank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 operator	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 operator	compound
3	operator	operator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impeding	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 impeding	aux
5	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	6 impeding	advmod
6	impeding	impede	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 participant	det
8	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impeding	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 account	case
10	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impeding	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 rank	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 rank	nmod:poss
13	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impede	present · progressive	the game operator	the participant		account of operator's rank		deliberately property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer participant=Eventuality
2	account			operator's rank					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The shared household connection is being used by several devices concurrently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 connection	det
2	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 connection	amod
3	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 connection	compound
4	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 used	aux:pass
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 used	aux:pass
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 devices	case
9	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 devices	amod
10	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	obl
11	concurrently	concurrently	ADV	_	7 used	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle							tree rules
2	use	present · passive	several devices	the shared household connection				concurrently property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

The participant's rank has been reduced

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 rank	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 participant	case
4	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reduced	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reduced	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 reduced	aux:pass
7	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present · perfect · passive		the participant's rank					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The controller has ceased to transmit signals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 controller	det
2	controller	controller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ceased	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ceased	aux
4	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 transmit	mark
6	transmit	transmit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ceased	xcomp
7	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 transmit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present · perfect · passive		the controller					tree rules
2	transmit	to-infinitive		signals					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Theme

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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