Exam question 2 · The row over a game

Which of the following measures is most likely to prevent disputes concerning the rules of a game?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: disputes, game · What happens: follow, be, prevent, concern, rule · To what, where: measures, disputes, rules

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 likely	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 likely	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 likely	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 likely	csubj
5	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 following	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 likely	cop
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 likely	advmod
8	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 prevent	mark
10	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 likely	xcomp
11	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 prevent	obj
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 disputes	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rules	det
14	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 game	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 game	det
17	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rules	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		measures		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme
2	is	present			likely property	tree rules
3	prevent	to-infinitive		disputes		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer dispute=Theme
4	concern	gerund	disputes not said here	the rules of a game		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rule=Experiencer
5	rule		a game			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Agreement upon the rules prior to commencement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 rules	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rules	det
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Agreement	nmod
5	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	7 commencement	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 prior	fixed
7	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rules	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The adoption of new rules during play as needs arise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adoption	det
2	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arise	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 rules	case
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rules	amod
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 adoption	nmod
6	during	during	ADP	_	7 play	case
7	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rules	nmod
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 needs	case
9	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 play	nmod
10	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	the adoption of new rules during play as needs						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	adopt			new rules during play as needs					nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Deference to the loudest participant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deference	deference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 participant	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 participant	det
4	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 participant	amod
5	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Deference	nmod

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

Option 4

The abandonment of all games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abandonment	det
2	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 games	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 games	det
5	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 abandonment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon			all games					nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient

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