Exam question 3 · Friends, teams and fair play
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning fair play.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, fair play
This is exam question 3 of lesson 52 «Friends, teams and fair play» 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 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 consistent | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 consistent | cop |
| 6 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | acl:relcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 facts | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 facts | det |
| 9 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 facts | amod |
| 10 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 consistent | obl |
| 11 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 facts | acl |
| 12 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 play | amod |
| 13 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the response | with the established facts; consistent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 4 | concern | gerund | the established facts not said here | fair play | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus play=Experiencer |
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
Fair play is required only of the referee
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 play | amod |
| 2 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 required | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 required | aux:pass |
| 4 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 referee | advmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 referee | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 referee | det |
| 8 | referee | referee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 required | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | Fair play | of the referee | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
Option 2
Fair play permits the rules to be changed whenever a side is losing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 play | amod |
| 2 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 permits | nsubj |
| 3 | permits | permit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rules | det |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 permits | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 changed | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 changed | aux:pass |
| 8 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 permits | advcl |
| 9 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 losing | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 side | det |
| 11 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 losing | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 losing | aux |
| 13 | losing | lose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 changed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | permit | present | Fair play | the rules | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | ||||
| 2 | change | to-infinitive · passive | Fair play not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 3 | lose | present · progressive | a side | whenever property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Fair play consists in following the rules of the game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 play | amod |
| 2 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consists | nsubj |
| 3 | consists | consist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 5 following | mark |
| 5 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 consists | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rules | det |
| 7 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 following | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 game | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 game | det |
| 10 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rules | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consist | present | Fair play | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | Fair play not said here | the rules of the game | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | ||||
| 3 | rule | the game | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
Fair play consists in winning by any means
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 play | amod |
| 2 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consists | nsubj |
| 3 | consists | consist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 5 winning | mark |
| 5 | winning | win | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 consists | advcl |
| 6 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 means | mark |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 means | nsubj |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 consists | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consist | present | Fair play | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | win | gerund | Fair play not said here | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | mean | present | any | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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