Exam question 2 · Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating

Select the response consistent with the rules of tennis concerning a score of forty points each.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, tennis · What happens: select, concern, rule, score · To what, where: response, score, forty points

This is exam question 2 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» of the medicine 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 rules	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rules	det
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 tennis	case
9	tennis	tennis	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rules	nmod
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 tennis	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 score	det
12	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 points	case
14	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 points	nummod
15	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 score	nmod
16	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 score	nmod:unmarked
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	concern	gerund	tennis not said here	a score of forty points each		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus score=Experiencer
3	rule		tennis			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
4	score			forty points		nom score «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Two consecutive points are required to win the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 points	nummod
2	consecutive	consecutive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 points	amod
3	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 required	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 required	aux:pass
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 win	mark
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 required	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Two consecutive points					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	win	to-infinitive		the game					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Option 2

A tie-break is commenced at once to determine the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 break	det
2	tie	tie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 tie	punct
4	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 commenced	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 commenced	aux:pass
6	commenced	commence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 commenced	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 determine	mark
10	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 commenced	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 game	det
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determine	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	present · passive		a tie break					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	determine	to-infinitive		the game					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Topic

Option 3

The subsequent point decides the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 point	det
2	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 point	amod
3	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decides	nsubj
4	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	the subsequent point	the game					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent game=Topic

Option 4

The game is replayed in its entirety from love

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replayed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 replayed	aux:pass
4	replayed	replay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 entirety	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 entirety	nmod:poss
7	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replayed	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 love	case
9	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entirety	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replay	present · passive		the game		game's entirety from love			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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