Exam question 1 · The kid who is always on the bench

Identify the principal reason for which a player who has been inactive in cold conditions should warm up before entering play.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, player · What happens: identify, be, warm up, enter · To what, where: principal reason, cold conditions, play

This is exam question 1 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 warm	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 player	det
8	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 warm	nsubj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 inactive	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 inactive	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 inactive	cop
12	inactive	inactive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 player	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 conditions	case
14	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 conditions	amod
15	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 inactive	obl
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 warm	aux
17	warm	warm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	parataxis
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 warm	compound:prt
19	before	before	SCONJ	_	20 entering	mark
20	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 warm	advcl
21	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 entering	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	present · perfect	a player		cold conditions	inactive property	tree rules
3	warm up	should	a player			for the principal reason	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	enter	gerund	a player not said here	play			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme play=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 · ← Mova's choice

Warm-up reduces the duration of the match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 up	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Warm	punct
3	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reduces	nsubj
4	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 duration	det
6	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reduces	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 match	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 match	det
9	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 duration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	Warm up	the duration of the match					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer duration=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cold muscles are more susceptible to strain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 muscles	amod
2	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 susceptible	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 susceptible	cop
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 susceptible	advmod
5	susceptible	susceptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 strain	mark
7	strain	strain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 susceptible	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cold muscles					susceptible property	tree rules
2	strain	to-infinitive	Cold muscles not said here						vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Cold muscles are invariably faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 muscles	amod
2	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 invariably	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 invariably	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 invariably	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cold muscles					fast, invariably property	tree rules

Option 4

Warm-up is required solely for spectators

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 up	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Warm	punct
3	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 required	aux:pass
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 required	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 spectators	case
8	spectators	spectator	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 required	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	spectators	Warm up				solely property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

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