Exam question 2 · The copier and the one who competes at everything

Given that a peer persistently challenges a pupil to contests of every kind, ascertain the conduct most likely to end the rivalry.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peer, you · What happens: give, challenge, ascertain, end, contest · To what, where: pupil, conduct, rivalry, kind

This is exam question 2 of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 challenges	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 challenges	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 peer	det
4	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenges	nsubj
5	persistently	persistently	ADV	_	4 peer	advmod
6	challenges	challenge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 ascertain	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenges	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 contests	case
10	contests	contest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 challenges	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 kind	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 kind	det
13	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 contests	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ascertain	punct
15	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 conduct	det
17	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ascertain	obj
18	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	19 likely	advmod
19	likely	likely	ADV	_	15 ascertain	advmod
20	to	to	PART	_	21 end	mark
21	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 ascertain	advcl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 rivalry	det
23	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 end	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	challenge	present	a peer	a pupil	to contests of every kind	tree rules
3	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conduct	likely property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
4	end	to-infinitive	you not said here	the rivalry		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality rivalry=Eventuality
5	contest			every kind		nom contest «event 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 · ← Mova's choice

Accepting every contest and striving to win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Accepting	accept	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 contest	det
3	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Accepting	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 striving	cc
5	striving	strive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Accepting	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 win	mark
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 striving	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	accept	gerund	every contest	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Theme
2	strive	gerund		tree rules
3	win	to-infinitive		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Declining calmly to participate further

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Declining	decline	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Declining	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 participate	mark
4	participate	participate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Declining	advcl
5	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 participate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	gerund						calmly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	participate	to-infinitive						far property	vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Responding with insults of a personal nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Responding	respond	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 insults	case
3	insults	insult	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Responding	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 nature	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 nature	det
6	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nature	amod
7	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 insults	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respond speech: other	gerund						with insults of a personal nature	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with insult=Eventuality
2	insult			a personal nature					nom insult «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Enlisting older pupils to compete on one's behalf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enlisting	enlist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 pupils	amod
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Enlisting	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 compete	mark
5	compete	compete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Enlisting	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 behalf	case
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 behalf	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 one	case
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 compete	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enlist	gerund		older pupils					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme
2	compete	to-infinitive				one's behalf			vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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