Exam question 2 · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the physical demands placed upon a top referee?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, place · To what, where: physical demands, top referee

This is exam question 2 of lesson 65 «VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries» 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	11 demands	det
10	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 demands	amod
11	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 demands	acl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 referee	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 referee	det
15	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 referee	amod
16	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 placed	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the physical demands		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	place	participle	the physical demands not said here	a top referee		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon referee=Destination

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 referee covers approximately one kilometre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covers	nsubj
3	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 kilometre	nummod
6	kilometre	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present	the referee	one kilometre					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kilometre=Destination

Option 2

The referee remains largely stationary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	largely	largely	ADV	_	5 stationary	advmod
5	stationary	stationary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the referee	stationary					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stationary=Attribute

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

The referee covers approximately ten to twelve kilometres in a match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covers	nsubj
3	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 ten	advmod
5	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 kilometres	nummod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 twelve	case
7	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 ten	nmod
8	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 covers	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 match	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 match	det
11	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present	the referee	ten kilometres				in a match	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent kilometre=Destination in match=Theme

Option 4

The referee is exempt from fitness testing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exempt	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exempt	cop
4	exempt	exempt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 testing	case
6	fitness	fitness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 testing	compound
7	testing	testing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exempt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the referee			fitness testing		exempt property	tree rules

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