Exam question 1 · Family game night

Identify the principal reason for which a victory obtained against an opponent who did not concede deliberately is experienced as more satisfying.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, opponent, victory · What happens: identify, obtain, not concede, be, satisfy · To what, where: principal reason, victory

This is exam question 1 of lesson 425 «Family game night» 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	19 experienced	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 victory	det
8	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 experienced	nsubj
9	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 victory	acl
10	against	against	ADP	_	12 opponent	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 opponent	det
12	opponent	opponent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtained	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 concede	nsubj
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 concede	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 concede	advmod
16	concede	concede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 opponent	acl:relcl
17	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	16 concede	advmod
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 experienced	cop
19	experienced	experienced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl
20	as	as	SCONJ	_	22 satisfying	mark
21	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 satisfying	amod
22	satisfying	satisfy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 experienced	advcl
23	.	.	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	obtain	participle		a victory not said here	against a opponent	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	not concede	past · do-support	a opponent		deliberately property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	a victory		for the principal reason; experienced property	tree rules
5	satisfy	gerund	a victory not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 victory carries a monetary reward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 victory	det
2	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carries	nsubj
3	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reward	det
5	monetary	monetary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reward	amod
6	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	the victory	a monetary reward					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme

Option 2

The victory may be recorded in an official register

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 victory	det
2	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 recorded	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 recorded	aux:pass
5	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 register	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 register	det
8	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 register	amod
9	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	may · passive		the victory		a official register			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in register=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The victory is genuinely earned by the player's own skill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 victory	det
2	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 earned	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 earned	aux:pass
4	genuinely	genuinely	ADV	_	5 earned	advmod
5	earned	earn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	11 skill	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 player	det
8	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skill	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 player	case
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 skill	amod
11	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 earned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earn	present · passive	the player's own skill	the victory				genuinely property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

The victory obliges the opponent 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 victory	det
2	victory	victory	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 opponent	det
5	opponent	opponent	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 victory	the opponent	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opponent=Patient
2	cease	to-infinitive	the victory not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	play	gerund	the victory not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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