Exam question 1 · Just one more game
Identify the principal reason for which a repeated undertaking to play «one more game» commonly fails to be honoured.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal reason · What happens: identify, repeat, undertake, play, fail, not honour · To what, where: one more game
This is exam question 1 of lesson 417 «Just one more game» 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 | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 fails | nsubj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 repeated | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 repeated | det |
| 8 | repeated | repeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reason | acl |
| 9 | undertaking | undertake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 repeated | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 play | mark |
| 11 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 undertaking | xcomp |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 game | punct |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 game | nummod |
| 14 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 game | amod |
| 15 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 play | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 game | punct |
| 17 | commonly | commonly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 play | xcomp |
| 18 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Identify | acl:relcl |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 honoured | mark |
| 20 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 honoured | aux:pass |
| 21 | honoured | honour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 fails | xcomp |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | repeat | participle | for the principal reason | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | undertake | gerund | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 4 | play | to-infinitive | one more game | commonly property | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | ||||
| 5 | fail | present | the principal reason | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | not honour | to-infinitive · passive | the principal reason not said here | tree rules |
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
Parents customarily forbid the final game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 forbid | nsubj |
| 2 | customarily | customarily | ADV | _ | 3 forbid | advmod |
| 3 | forbid | forbid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 5 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 game | amod |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forbid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forbid | present | Parents | the final game | customarily property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer game=Theme |
Option 2
Consoles are incapable of being switched off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consoles | console | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 incapable | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 incapable | cop |
| 3 | incapable | incapable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 switched | mark |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 switched | aux:pass |
| 6 | switched | switch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 incapable | advcl |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 switched | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Consoles | incapable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | switch off | gerund · passive | Consoles not said here | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V» |
Option 3
The games are of a duration exceeding one hour each
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 games | det |
| 2 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 duration | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 duration | cop |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 duration | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 duration | det |
| 6 | duration | duration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | exceeding | exceed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 duration | acl |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 hour | nummod |
| 9 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 exceeding | obj |
| 10 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 exceeding | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the games | of a duration | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | exceed | gerund | a duration not said here | hour | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The undertaking is renewed upon the conclusion of every game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 undertaking | det |
| 2 | undertaking | undertaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 renewed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 renewed | aux:pass |
| 4 | renewed | renew | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 conclusion | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 conclusion | det |
| 7 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 renewed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 game | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 game | det |
| 10 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conclusion | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | renew | present · passive | the undertaking | upon the conclusion of every game | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | conclude | every game | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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