Exam question 4 · The Olympics and Paralympics
It is given that several finals are contested over a single distance at the Paralympic Games. Identify the principal reason.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, contest, identify · To what, where: It, several finals, principal reason
This is exam question 4 of lesson 62 «The Olympics and Paralympics» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that several finals are contested over a single distance at the Paralympic 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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 contested | mark |
| 5 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 finals | amod |
| 6 | finals | final | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 contested | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 contested | aux:pass |
| 8 | contested | contest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 distance | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 distance | det |
| 11 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 distance | amod |
| 12 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 contested | obl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 Games | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Games | det |
| 15 | Paralympic | Paralympic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Games | compound |
| 16 | Games | Game | PROPN | Number=Plur | 12 distance | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | contest | present · passive | several finals | over a single distance at the Paralympic Games | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: Identify the principal reason.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify | identify | 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 Identify | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Athletes are classified according to height
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athletes | athlete | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 classified | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 classified | aux:pass |
| 3 | classified | classify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 height | case |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 according | fixed |
| 6 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 classified | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | classify | present · passive | Athletes | accord height | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Athletes are classified according to age alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athletes | athlete | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 classified | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 classified | aux:pass |
| 3 | classified | classify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | according | accord | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 classified | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 age | mark |
| 6 | age | age | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 according | xcomp |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 6 age | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | classify | present · passive | Athletes | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | age | to-infinitive | alone property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Athletes are classified according to nationality
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athletes | athlete | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 classified | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 classified | aux:pass |
| 3 | classified | classify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 nationality | case |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 according | fixed |
| 6 | nationality | nationality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 classified | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | classify | present · passive | Athletes | accord nationality | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Athletes are classified according to impairment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athletes | athlete | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 classified | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 classified | aux:pass |
| 3 | classified | classify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 impairment | case |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 according | fixed |
| 6 | impairment | impairment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 classified | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | classify | present · passive | Athletes | accord impairment | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
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