Exam question 1 · Teamwork, strategy and Minecraft building

Identify the principal reason for which a collaborative construction is more successful following the preparation of a plan.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, collaborative construction · What happens: identify, be, follow, prepare · To what, where: principal reason, plan

This is exam question 1 of lesson 424 «Teamwork, strategy and Minecraft building» 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	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 successful	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 construction	det
8	collaborative	collaborative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 construction	amod
9	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 successful	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 successful	cop
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 successful	advmod
12	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl
13	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 preparation	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 preparation	det
15	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 successful	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 plan	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 plan	det
18	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 preparation	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	present	a collaborative construction		for the principal reason; follow the preparation of a plan; successful property	tree rules
3	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	prepare			a plan		nom preparation «act 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

Planning renders the construction automatically complete

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 construction	det
4	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	2 renders	advmod
6	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	Planning	the construction				automatically, complete property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent construction=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The plan removes the necessity for any communication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removes	nsubj
3	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 necessity	det
5	necessity	necessity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removes	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 communication	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 communication	det
8	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	the plan	the necessity				for any communication	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent necessity=Theme

Option 3

The game rewards plans with additional materials

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rewards	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rewards	compound
3	rewards	reward	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plans	compound
4	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 materials	case
6	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 materials	amod
7	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plans	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The allocation of tasks prevents duplication and conflict

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 allocation	det
2	allocation	allocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prevents	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tasks	case
4	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 allocation	nmod
5	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	duplication	duplication	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prevents	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 conflict	cc
8	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 duplication	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	the allocation of tasks	duplication and conflict					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer duplication=Theme
2	allocate			tasks					nom allocation «possession transitive»: of=patient

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