Exam question 2 · Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football
Pursuant to the laws of rugby, identify the directions in which the ball may lawfully be passed.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, pass · To what, where: directions, ball
This is exam question 2 of lesson 45 «Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football» 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 | Pursuant | pursuant | ADV | _ | 8 identify | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 laws | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 laws | det |
| 4 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pursuant | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 rugby | case |
| 6 | rugby | rugby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laws | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Pursuant | punct |
| 8 | identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 directions | det |
| 10 | directions | direction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 identify | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 which | case |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 passed | obl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ball | det |
| 14 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 passed | aux |
| 16 | lawfully | lawfully | ADV | _ | 18 passed | advmod |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 passed | aux:pass |
| 18 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 directions | acl:relcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the directions | pursuant property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent direction=Theme | |||
| 2 | pass | may · passive | the ball | the directions | lawfully property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |
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
Forwards only, towards the try line
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forwards | forward | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Forwards | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 line | punct |
| 4 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 7 line | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 line | det |
| 6 | try | try | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 line | compound |
| 7 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Forwards | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
In any direction whatsoever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 direction | case |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 direction | det |
| 3 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 3 direction | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Backwards only, and solely by kicking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 2 only | advmod |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 kicking | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 kicking | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 kicking | cc |
| 5 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 7 kicking | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 7 kicking | mark |
| 7 | kicking | kick | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | gerund | solely property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Sideways or backwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sideways | sideways | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 backwards | cc |
| 3 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 1 Sideways | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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