Exam question 1 · The row over a game

Identify the principal cause, as established in the lesson, of disputes arising between friends during games.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal, disputes · What happens: identify, cause, establish, arise · To what, where: principal, lesson

This is exam question 1 of lesson 475 «The row over a game» 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 principal	det
3	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 principal	acl:relcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 disputes	punct
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 disputes	case
13	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 established	obl
14	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 disputes	acl
15	between	between	ADP	_	16 friends	case
16	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 arising	obl
17	during	during	ADP	_	18 games	case
18	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 arising	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent principal=Theme
2	cause	present	the principal not said here					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
3	establish	participle			the lesson		of disputes	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	arise	gerund	disputes not said here			during games	between friends	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between friend=Location

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 right answer

The desire to win rather than enmity towards the friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 desire	det
2	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 win	mark
4	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 desire	acl
5	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	7 enmity	cc
6	than	than	ADP	_	5 rather	fixed
7	enmity	enmity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	conj
8	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 friend	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 friend	det
10	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	to-infinitive						towards the friend	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A deep and lasting hatred between the players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hatred	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hatred	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 lasting	cc
4	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 deep	conj
5	hatred	hatred	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 players	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 players	det
8	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hatred	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The intervention of parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 intervention	det
2	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 parents	case
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 intervention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intervene		parents						nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Defects in the equipment employed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Defects	defect	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 employed	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 equipment	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 equipment	det
4	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Defects	nmod
5	employed	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	past	Defects in the equipment						vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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