Exam question 3 · Losing well and winning well

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the outcome of a single match.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, outcome

This is exam question 3 of lesson 67 «Losing well and winning well» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 outcome	det
11	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 match	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 match	det
14	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 match	amod
15	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 outcome	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the outcome of a single match		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus outcome=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

Chance may substantially influence the result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 influence	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 influence	aux
3	substantially	substantially	ADV	_	4 influence	advmod
4	influence	influence	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 result	det
6	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 influence	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	influence	may	Chance	the result				substantially property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Patient

Option 2

The result invariably reflects the superior team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 result	det
2	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reflects	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 reflects	advmod
4	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
6	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 team	amod
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reflects	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	the result	the superior team				invariably property	tree rules

Option 3

The result is determined before kick-off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 result	det
2	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 determined	aux:pass
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	before	before	ADP	_	8 off	case
6	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 off	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 kick	punct
8	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive		the result			before kick off		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

Own goals are excluded from the result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 goals	amod
2	goals	goal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 excluded	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 excluded	aux:pass
4	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 result	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 result	det
7	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 excluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	present · passive		Own goals		the result			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from result=Eventuality

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