Exam question 2 · Famous athletes and what being a professional takes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the notion of ten thousand hours of practice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: notion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 63 «Famous athletes and what being a professional takes» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 notion	det
10	notion	notion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 hours	case
12	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 thousand	compound
13	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hours	nummod
14	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 notion	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 practice	case
16	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hours	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the notion of thousand hours of practice				of the following statements; accurately property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is an established law of nature

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 law	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 law	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 law	det
4	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 law	amod
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 nature	case
7	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 law	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	present	It	a established law				of nature	tree rules

Option 2

It guarantees world-class performance

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 guarantees	nsubj
2	guarantees	guarantee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 class	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 world	punct
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performance	compound
6	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guarantees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guarantee	present	It	class performance					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition performance=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is an approximate idea rather than a fixed rule

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 idea	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	approximate	approximate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	10 rule	cc
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 rather	fixed
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rule	det
9	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 rule	amod
10	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a approximate idea rather a fixed rule					tree rules
2	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It applies exclusively to football

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 applies	nsubj
2	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 applies	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 football	case
5	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 applies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	It					to football; exclusively property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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