Exam question 4 · The World Cup

Ascertain the principal reason for which visiting players tire more rapidly at the Estadio Azteca.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, visiting players · What happens: ascertain, visit, tire · To what, where: principal reason, Estadio Azteca

This is exam question 4 of lesson 61 «The World Cup» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 tire	obl
7	visiting	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 players	amod
8	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tire	nsubj
9	tire	tire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 rapidly	advmod
11	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	9 tire	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 Azteca	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Azteca	det
14	Estadio	Estadio	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Azteca	compound
15	Azteca	Azteca	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 tire	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	visit	gerund					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tire	present	visiting players		the Estadio Azteca	for the principal reason; rapidly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Each breath at that altitude supplies less oxygen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 breath	det
2	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supplies	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 altitude	case
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 altitude	det
5	altitude	altitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breath	nmod
6	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 oxygen	amod
8	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supplies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present	each breath at that altitude	less oxygen					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Recipient

Option 2

The ball is of greater weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ball	det
2	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weight	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 weight	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 weight	case
5	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 weight	amod
6	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ball					of greater weight	tree rules

Option 3

The spectators impede respiration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spectators	det
2	spectators	spectator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 impede	nsubj
3	impede	impede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	respiration	respiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impede	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impede	present	the spectators	respiration					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer respiration=Eventuality

Option 4

The pitch is of excessive length

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pitch	det
2	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 length	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 length	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 length	case
5	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 length	amod
6	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the pitch					of excessive length	tree rules

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