Exam question 2 · "The game is rigged because I lost"

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning information available to players in chess.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, information

This is exam question 2 of lesson 173 «"The game is rigged because I lost"» of the world 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 information	amod
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 players	case
13	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 available	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 chess	case
15	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 players	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	information		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus information=Experiencer

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

Both players can observe the entire board at all times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 players	det
2	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 observe	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 observe	aux
4	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 board	det
6	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 board	amod
7	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 observe	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 times	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 times	det
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 observe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	can	both players	the entire board			time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent board=Topic

Option 2

Only the computer can observe the entire board

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 computer	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 computer	det
3	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observe	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 observe	aux
5	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 board	det
7	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 board	amod
8	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	can	the computer	the entire board					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent board=Topic

Option 3

The human player's moves are hidden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 player	det
2	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 player	amod
3	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moves	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 player	case
5	moves	move	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hidden	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hidden	aux:pass
7	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · passive		the human player's moves					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	move		the human player						nom move «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The computer's pieces are concealed from the human player until they move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 computer	det
2	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pieces	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 computer	case
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concealed	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 concealed	aux:pass
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 player	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 player	det
9	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 player	amod
10	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealed	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 move	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 move	nsubj
13	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 concealed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present · passive		the computer's pieces		the human player			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from player=Beneficiary
2	move	present	pieces = piece						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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