Exam question 4 · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Ascertain the term which denotes the position of a judge whose friend is a competitor in the contest being judged.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, term, judge · What happens: ascertain, denote, be, judge · To what, where: term, position, contest

This is exam question 4 of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 term	det
3	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 denotes	nsubj
5	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 term	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 position	det
7	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 denotes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	15 competitor	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 judge	det
10	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 competitor	nsubj
11	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	12 friend	nmod:poss
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 competitor	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 competitor	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 competitor	det
15	competitor	competitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 position	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 contest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 contest	det
18	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 competitor	nmod
19	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 judged	aux:pass
20	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 contest	acl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the term			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic
2	denote	present	the term	the position			vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot position=Topic
3	is	present	a judge		the contest	of a competitor	tree rules
4	judge	gerund · passive		the contest not said here			vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»

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

A sporting walkover for the friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 walkover	det
2	sporting	sport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 walkover	amod
3	walkover	walkover	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 friend	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walkover	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sport	gerund							tree rules

Option 2

A unanimous verdict

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 verdict	det
2	unanimous	unanimous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 verdict	amod
3	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A conflict of interest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 conflict	det
2	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 interest	case
4	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conflict	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conflict		interest						nom conflict «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

A fair adjudication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adjudication	det
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 adjudication	amod
3	adjudication	adjudication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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