Exam question 3 · Friends through games and clubs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of a well-regulated boxing club upon the conduct of a pupil at school?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, regulate, effect, conduct · To what, where: effect, regulated boxing club, pupil

This is exam question 3 of lesson 467 «Friends through games and clubs» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	17 club	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 club	det
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 regulated	advmod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 well	punct
15	regulated	regulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 club	amod
16	boxing	boxing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 club	compound
17	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effect	nmod
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 conduct	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 conduct	det
20	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 club	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 pupil	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 pupil	det
23	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 conduct	nmod
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 school	case
25	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 pupil	nmod
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the effect of a regulated boxing club upon the conduct of a pupil at school	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	regulate	participle		well property	tree rules
4	effect		a regulated boxing club upon the conduct of a pupil at school		nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
5	conduct		a pupil at school		nom conduct «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

It invariably renders the pupil more violent

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	3 renders	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 renders	advmod
3	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 renders	obj
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 violent	advmod
7	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 renders	xcomp

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

Option 2

It obliges the pupil to fight his classmates

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	2 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fight	mark
6	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 classmates	nmod:poss
8	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fight	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	the pupil					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Patient
2	fight	to-infinitive		pupil's classmates					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classmate=Co-Agent

Option 3

It has no relation to conduct at all

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 relation	det
4	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 conduct	mark
6	conduct	conduct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 relation	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 conduct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no relation					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relation=Patient
2	conduct	to-infinitive		no relation not said here		all			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at all=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may reduce the pupil's involvement in fights

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	3 reduce	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 reduce	aux
3	reduce	reduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 involvement	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 pupil	case
7	involvement	involvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reduce	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 fights	case
9	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reduce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	may	It	the pupil's involvement		fights			vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer involvement=Patient
2	involve		the pupil						nom involvement «act transitive»: poss=agent

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