Exam question 3 · The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning abuse directed at grassroots referees.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, direct · To what, where: response, concerning abuse, grassroots referees

This is exam question 3 of lesson 68 «The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline» 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 abuse	amod
10	abuse	abuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 facts	conj
11	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 abuse	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 referees	case
13	grassroots	grassroots	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 referees	compound
14	referees	referee	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 directed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	direct	participle		concerning abuse not said here	grassroots referees		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at referee=Eventuality

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

It is a principal cause of referees leaving the game

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	5 cause	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 referees	case
7	referees	referee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cause	nmod
8	leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 cause	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a principal cause				of referees	tree rules
2	leave	gerund	a principal cause not said here	the game					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 2

It reliably improves the accuracy of decisions

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 improves	nsubj
2	reliably	reliably	ADV	_	3 improves	advmod
3	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 accuracy	det
5	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improves	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 decisions	case
7	decisions	decision	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 accuracy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the accuracy of decisions				reliably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent accuracy=Patient

Option 3

It is required by the laws of the game

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 laws	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 laws	det
6	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 game	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laws	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	the laws of the game	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 4

It is directed exclusively at adult referees

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 directed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 directed	aux:pass
3	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 directed	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 referees	case
6	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 referees	amod
7	referees	referee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 directed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	direct	present · passive		It		adult referees		exclusively property	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: subject=Theme at referee=Eventuality

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