Exam question 1 · Cheating at games and sport

Which of the following most accurately characterises the effect of cheating upon a game?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: effect · What happens: follow, characteris, cheat · To what, where: effect

This is exam question 1 of lesson 93 «Cheating at games and sport» 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	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 effect	det
9	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 cheating	case
11	cheating	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 effect	acl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 game	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 game	det
14	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cheating	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the effect	accurately property	tree rules
3	cheat	gerund	the effect not said here		upon a game	vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 removes the very constraints which render the game meaningful and enjoyable

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	2 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 constraints	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 constraints	advmod
5	constraints	constraint	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removes	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 render	nsubj
7	render	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 constraints	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 render	obj
10	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 removes	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 enjoyable	cc
12	enjoyable	enjoyable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 meaningful	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	It	the constraints				meaningful property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constraint=Theme
2	render	present	the constraints	the game					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 2

It enhances the enjoyment of all participants equally

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	2 enhances	nsubj
2	enhances	enhance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 enjoyment	det
4	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enhances	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 participants	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 participants	det
7	participants	participant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 enjoyment	nmod
8	equally	equally	ADV	_	2 enhances	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enhance	present	It	the enjoyment of all participants				equally property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enjoyment=Patient
2	enjoy			all participants					nom enjoyment «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It renders the game more challenging for the cheat

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	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 challenging	advmod
6	challenging	challenging	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 cheat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cheat	det
9	cheat	cheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the game					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 4

It is of no consequence where no prize is awarded

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 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 awarded	advmod
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 prize	det
8	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 awarded	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 awarded	aux:pass
10	awarded	award	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of no consequence	tree rules
2	award	present · passive		no prize					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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