Exam question 4 · Skating and sports safety

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning sharp pain experienced during sport.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, experience · To what, where: response, sharp pain

This is exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Skating and sports safety» 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	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pain	amod
13	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 pain	acl
15	during	during	ADP	_	16 sport	case
16	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 experienced	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	sharp pain			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pain=Experiencer
5	experience	participle		sharp pain not said here	during sport		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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

It signifies only that a warm-up was omitted

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	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	10 omitted	advmod
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 omitted	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 up	det
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 up	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 warm	punct
8	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 omitted	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 omitted	aux:pass
10	omitted	omit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 signifies	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	omit	past · passive		a warm up					vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It constitutes a sign that the muscles are growing stronger

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 growing	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 muscles	det
7	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 growing	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 growing	aux
9	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 sign	acl
10	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 growing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a sign					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sign=Pivot
2	grow	present · progressive	the muscles	a sign not said here				strong property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sign=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a signal that injury may have occurred, and play should not continue through it

The tree, 16 words

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 signal	det
4	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 occurred	nsubj
6	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 occurred	nsubj:pass
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 occurred	aux
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 occurred	aux
9	occurred	occur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 signal	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 continue	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 continue	cc
12	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 continue	nsubj
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 continue	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 continue	advmod
15	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 constitutes	conj
16	through	through	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 continue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a signal		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme signal=Pivot
2	occur	may · perfect · passive		a signal		tree rules
3	not continue	should	play		injury	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through it=Initial_Location

Option 4

It is to be disregarded until the conclusion of the game

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 disregarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 disregarded	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 disregarded	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 disregarded	aux:pass
5	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	until	until	ADP	_	8 conclusion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conclusion	det
8	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disregarded	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present · passive		It			until the conclusion of the game		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	conclude			the game					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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