Exam question 4 · Famous athletes and what being a professional takes

Ascertain the principal reason for which professional athletes regulate their sleep.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, professional athletes, athletes · What happens: ascertain, regulate, sleep · To what, where: principal reason, sleep

This is exam question 4 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	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 regulate	obl
7	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 athletes	amod
8	athletes	athlete	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 regulate	nsubj
9	regulate	regulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sleep	nmod:poss
11	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 regulate	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	regulate	present	professional athletes	athletes's sleep	for the principal reason	tree rules
3	sleep		athletes = athlete			nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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

Sleep diminishes muscular strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diminishes	nsubj
2	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	muscular	muscular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strength	amod
4	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diminishes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	diminish	present	Sleep	muscular strength					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer strength=Patient

Option 2

Sleep is prohibited during competition by the governing bodies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	5 competition	case
5	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 bodies	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bodies	det
8	governing	governing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bodies	compound
9	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	the governing bodies	Sleep			during competition		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Muscles are repaired and strengthened during rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 repaired	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 repaired	aux:pass
3	repaired	repair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 strengthened	cc
5	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 repaired	conj
6	during	during	ADP	_	7 rest	case
7	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strengthened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repair	present · passive		Muscles					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	strengthen	participle					during rest		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Sleep replaces the need for nourishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	nsubj
2	replaces	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 need	det
4	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 nourishment	case
6	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	present	Sleep	the need				for nourishment	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme need=Co-Theme

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