Exam question 3 · The copier and the one who competes at everything

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the deliberate injury of a teammate in order to become the leading scorer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, become, lead, injure · To what, where: deliberate injury, order, leading scorer, teammate

This is exam question 3 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	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	11 injury	det
10	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 injury	amod
11	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 teammate	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 teammate	det
14	teammate	teammate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 injury	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 order	case
16	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 become	mark
18	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 characterises	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 scorer	det
20	leading	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 scorer	amod
21	scorer	scorer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 become	xcomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the deliberate injury of a teammate	order	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	become	to-infinitive	the leading scorer			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	lead	gerund				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
5	injure		a teammate			nom injury «state 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

It is a recognised tactic in junior football

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	5 tactic	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tactic	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tactic	det
4	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 tactic	amod
5	tactic	tactic	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 football	case
7	junior	junior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 football	amod
8	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tactic	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	participle							vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	It	a recognised tactic		junior football			tree rules

Option 2

It is permissible during practice sessions

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 sessions	case
5	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sessions	compound
6	sessions	session	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permissible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				during practice sessions	permissible property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is impermissible however keen the competition

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 impermissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impermissible	cop
3	impermissible	impermissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	however	however	ADV	_	5 keen	advmod
5	keen	keen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impermissible	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 competition	det
7	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					impermissible property	tree rules
2	keen	present		the competition				however property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competition=Topic

Option 4

It is acceptable if described as accidental

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 acceptable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acceptable	cop
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 described	mark
5	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 acceptable	advcl
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 accidental	case
7	accidental	accidental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 described	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					acceptable property	tree rules
2	describe a condition, not said to happen	participle						as accidental	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as accidental=Attribute

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