Exam question 2 · Cheating and doping, as reported

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle governing substances found in a tested athlete?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principle · What happens: follow, characteris, govern, find, test · To what, where: principle, substances, tested athlete

This is exam question 2 of lesson 64 «Cheating and doping, as reported» 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 principle	det
10	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	governing	govern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 principle	acl
12	substances	substance	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 governing	obj
13	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 substances	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 athlete	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 athlete	det
16	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 athlete	amod
17	athlete	athlete	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 found	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the principle		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	govern	gerund	the principle not said here	substances			vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent substance=Theme
4	find	participle		substances not said here	a tested athlete		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5	test	participle					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

The coach alone bears responsibility

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 coach	amod
4	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 coach	conj
5	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coach	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The athlete is responsible only for deliberate and knowing use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 athlete	det
2	athlete	athlete	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 responsible	cop
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	10 use	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	10 use	case
7	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 use	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 knowing	cc
9	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 deliberate	conj
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the athlete					for deliberate use; responsible property	tree rules
2	know	gerund	the athlete not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

No responsibility attaches to the athlete

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 responsibility	det
2	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attaches	nsubj
3	attaches	attach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 athlete	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 athlete	det
6	athlete	athlete	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attaches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attach	present	no responsibility					to the athlete	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to athlete=Co-Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The athlete is responsible for any substance in the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 athlete	det
2	athlete	athlete	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 responsible	cop
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 substance	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 substance	det
7	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 body	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 body	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 substance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the athlete					for any substance in the body; responsible property	tree rules

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