Exam question 4 · Cheating at games and sport

Given that a young child peeks whilst counting in a game of hide and seek, ascertain the response most consistent with this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: young child · What happens: give, peek, count, seek, ascertain · To what, where: game, response

This is exam question 4 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 peeks	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 child	amod
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 peeks	nsubj
6	peeks	peek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Given	advcl
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	8 counting	mark
8	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 peeks	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 counting	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 hide	case
13	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 game	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 seek	cc
15	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 counting	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ascertain	punct
17	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 seek	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 response	det
19	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ascertain	obj
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 consistent	advmod
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 response	amod
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 lesson	case
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 lesson	det
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 consistent	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	peek	present	a young child			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	count	gerund	a young child not said here		a game of hide	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
4	seek	infinitive	a young child not said here			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	ascertain	infinitive	a young child not said here	the response		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic

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

A gentle reminder of the rule, games being the means whereby children learn fairness

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 reminder	det
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reminder	amod
3	reminder	reminder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 rule	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rule	det
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reminder	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 games	punct
8	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rule	conj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 means	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	14 learn	advmod
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 learn	nsubj
14	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 means	ccomp
15	fairness	fairness	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 learn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	a gentle reminder of the rule and games		mean property	tree rules
2	learn	present	children	fairness	whereby property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairness=Topic
3	remind			the rule and games		nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The disregard of the matter, rules being unintelligible to children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disregard	det
2	disregard	disregard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unintelligible	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 matter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rules	punct
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 unintelligible	nsubj
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 unintelligible	cop
9	unintelligible	unintelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 children	case
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 unintelligible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the disregard of the matter					to children; unintelligible property	tree rules
2	disregard			the matter					nom disregard «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The imitation of the child's conduct by all other players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 imitation	det
2	imitation	imitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conduct	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 child	case
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imitation	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 players	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 players	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 players	amod
11	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 imitation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imitate		all other players	the child's conduct					nom imitation «cognition transitive»: of=patient by=agent
2	conduct		the child						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The immediate termination of the game and public censure of the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 termination	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 termination	amod
3	termination	termination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 game	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 termination	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 censure	cc
8	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 censure	amod
9	censure	censure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 termination	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 child	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 censure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	censure			the child					nom censure «communication transitive»: of=patient

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