Exam question 3 · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries
It is given that a player employs abusive language towards the referee. State the sanction prescribed under the Laws of the Game.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: player, you · What happens: give, employ, state, prescribe · To what, where: It, abusive language, sanction, Laws
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a player employs abusive language towards the referee.
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 | _ | 7 employs | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 player | det |
| 6 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 employs | nsubj |
| 7 | employs | employ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | abusive | abusive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 language | amod |
| 9 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 employs | obj |
| 10 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 12 referee | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 referee | det |
| 12 | referee | referee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 employs | obl |
| 13 | . | . | 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 | employ | present | a player | abusive language | towards the referee | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme |
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: State the sanction prescribed under the Laws of the Game.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sanction | det |
| 3 | sanction | sanction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | obj |
| 4 | prescribed | prescribe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sanction | acl |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 Laws | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Laws | det |
| 7 | Laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prescribed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Game | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Game | det |
| 10 | Game | Game | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Laws | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the sanction | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sanction=Topic | ||||
| 2 | prescribe | participle | the sanction not said here | the Laws of the Game | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A verbal reminder only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 reminder | det |
| 2 | verbal | verbal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reminder | amod |
| 3 | reminder | reminder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 reminder | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Dismissal by means of a red card
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dismissal | dismissal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 1 Dismissal | fixed |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 card | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 card | det |
| 6 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 card | amod |
| 7 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Dismissal | of a red card | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A free kick awarded to the player's team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kick | det |
| 2 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kick | amod |
| 3 | kick | kick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | awarded | award | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 kick | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 team | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 player | det |
| 7 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 team | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 player | case |
| 9 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 awarded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | award | participle | a free kick not said here | to the player's team goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to team=Goal |
Option 4
No sanction of any description
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 sanction | det |
| 2 | sanction | sanction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 description | case |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 description | det |
| 5 | description | description | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sanction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sanction | any description | nom sanction «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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