Exam question 1 · Joining a game, and the shy kid

Identify the procedure most likely to secure admission to a game already in progress.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, secure · To what, where: procedure, admission, progress

This is exam question 1 of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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	3 procedure	det
3	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	1 Identify	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 secure	mark
7	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	advcl
8	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	obl
12	already	already	ADV	_	7 secure	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 progress	case
14	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the procedure				likely property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent procedure=Theme
2	secure	to-infinitive	you not said here	admission		progress		to a game	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent admission=Patient to game=Co-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

Awaiting a formal written invitation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Awaiting	await	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 invitation	det
3	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 invitation	amod
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 invitation	amod
5	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Awaiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	gerund		a formal written invitation					tree rules
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Observing, assisting, and thereafter requesting to participate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 assisting	punct
3	assisting	assist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Observing	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 requesting	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 requesting	cc
6	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	7 requesting	advmod
7	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Observing	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 participate	mark
9	participate	participate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 requesting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	observe	gerund		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	assist	gerund		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	request	gerund	thereafter property	vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	participate	to-infinitive		vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Demanding that a teacher compel admission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Demanding	demand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 compel	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 compel	nsubj
5	compel	compel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Demanding	ccomp
6	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 compel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	gerund							vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	compel	infinitive	a teacher	admission					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admission=Patient

Option 4

Seizing the ball and issuing instructions to the existing players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ball	det
3	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seizing	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 issuing	cc
5	issuing	issue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Seizing	conj
6	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 issuing	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 players	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 players	det
9	existing	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 players	amod
10	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 issuing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	seize	gerund	the ball		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme
2	issue	gerund	instructions	the existing players	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme to player=Recipient
3	exist	gerund			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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