Exam question 1 · Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the depiction of death in computer games?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, depict · To what, where: depiction, computer games, death

This is exam question 1 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» of the religion ethics 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	10 depiction	det
10	depiction	depiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 death	case
12	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 depiction	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 games	case
14	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 games	compound
15	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
16	?	?	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 depiction of death	computer games	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	depict		death			nom depiction «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Death in games is prohibited by law in the United Kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 games	case
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Death	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prohibited	aux:pass
5	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 law	case
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prohibited	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 Kingdom	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Kingdom	det
10	United	United	PROPN	_	11 Kingdom	flat
11	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	Death in games		the United Kingdom			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Death in games is pretended and reversible, whereas real death is permanent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pretended	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 games	case
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Death	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pretended	aux:pass
5	pretended	pretend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reversible	cc
7	reversible	reversible	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pretended	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 permanent	punct
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	13 permanent	mark
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 death	amod
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 permanent	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 permanent	cop
13	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pretended	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	present · passive		Death in games					tree rules
2	is	present	real death					permanent property	tree rules

Option 3

Death in games causes real harm to the player

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 causes	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 games	case
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Death	nmod
4	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 harm	amod
6	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 causes	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 player	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 player	det
9	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 causes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	Death in games	real harm				to the player	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient

Option 4

Death in games is equivalent in every respect to real death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 equivalent	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 games	case
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Death	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 equivalent	cop
5	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 respect	det
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 equivalent	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 death	case
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 death	amod
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Death in games			every respect to real death		equivalent property	tree rules

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