Exam question 4 · Friends, teams and fair play

It being given that a child is alone at break, determine the probable effect of including him.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, probable effect · What happens: give, be, determine, include · To what, where: It, break, probable effect, child

This is exam question 4 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 alone	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 alone	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 alone	cop
8	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 break	case
10	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 alone	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 determine	punct
12	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 effect	det
14	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 effect	amod
15	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 determine	obj
16	of	of	SCONJ	_	17 including	mark
17	including	include	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 effect	acl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 including	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	a child		break	alone property	tree rules
3	determine	infinitive		the probable effect			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic
4	include	gerund	the probable effect not said here	child			vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

It may improve his whole day

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 improve	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 improve	aux
3	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 day	nmod:poss
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 day	amod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	may	It				day		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It will embarrass him without fail

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 embarrass	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 embarrass	aux
3	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 embarrass	obj
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 fail	case
6	fail	fail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 embarrass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embarrass	future	It	him = he				without fail	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 3

It will make no difference whatsoever

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 make	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 difference	det
5	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	future	It	no difference				whatsoever property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product

Option 4

It will cause the group to lose its games

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 cause	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 group	det
5	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 lose	mark
7	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cause	xcomp
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 games	nmod:poss
9	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	future	It	the group					tree rules
2	lose	to-infinitive	the group not said here	group's games					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

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