Exam question 3 · Just one more game

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a large, brightly coloured «play again» control adjacent to a small «quit» control?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, colour, play, quit · To what, where: large coloured play control

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 control	det
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 control	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 coloured	punct
12	brightly	brightly	ADV	_	13 coloured	advmod
13	coloured	colour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 control	amod
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 play	punct
15	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 control	compound
16	again	again	ADV	_	15 play	advmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 play	punct
18	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
19	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 control	amod
20	to	to	ADP	_	26 control	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 control	det
22	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 control	amod
23	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 quit	punct
24	quit	quit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 control	compound
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 quit	punct
26	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 adjacent	obl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a large coloured play control		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	colour	participle			brightly property	tree rules
4	play in a quote	infinitive		again		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	quit in a quote	infinitive				vn resign-10.11-2 «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

It is an error in the manufacture of the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 error	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 error	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 error	det
4	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 manufacture	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manufacture	det
7	manufacture	manufacture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 error	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 manufacture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a error		the manufacture of the game			tree rules
2	manufacture			the game					nom manufacture «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It is a reward conferred upon skilled players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reward	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reward	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reward	det
4	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reward	acl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 players	case
7	skilled	skilled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 players	amod
8	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reward					tree rules
2	confer	participle		a reward not said here				upon skilled players	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a design intended to prolong the period of play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 design	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 design	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 design	det
4	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 design	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 prolong	mark
7	prolong	prolong	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 intended	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 period	det
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prolong	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 play	case
11	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a design	tree rules
2	intend	participle		a design not said here	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	prolong not said to happen	to-infinitive		the period of play	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent period=Theme

Option 4

It is a provision for the visually impaired exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 provision	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provision	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 provision	det
4	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 impaired	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 impaired	det
7	visually	visually	ADV	_	8 impaired	advmod
8	impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 provision	acl:relcl
9	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	8 impaired	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a provision					tree rules
2	impair	participle		a provision not said here				exclusively, visually property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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