Exam question 3 · Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe…

Select the response that is consistent with fair procedure in respect of the rules of a game.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, game · What happens: select, be, respect, rule · To what, where: response, respect, rules

This is exam question 3 of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 procedure	case
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 procedure	amod
9	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 respect	case
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 rules	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rules	det
14	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 respect	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 game	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 game	det
17	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rules	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		respect of the rules of a game	with fair procedure; consistent property	tree rules
3	respect			the rules of a game			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	rule		a game				nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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

The rules are altered after every round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 altered	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 altered	aux:pass
4	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 round	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 round	det
7	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 altered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present · passive		the rules			after every round		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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

The rules are agreed before play, and any change applies from the next game

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 agreed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 agreed	aux:pass
4	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	before	before	ADP	_	6 play	case
6	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 agreed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 applies	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 applies	cc
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 change	det
10	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applies	nsubj
11	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 agreed	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 game	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 game	det
14	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 game	amod
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present · passive		the rules			before play		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
2	apply	present	any change			the next game			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The rules may be altered by whichever player is losing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 altered	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 altered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 altered	aux:pass
5	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 player	case
7	whichever	whichever	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 player	compound
8	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 altered	obl
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 losing	aux
10	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 altered	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	may · passive	whichever player	the rules					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	lose	present · progressive	whichever player not said here						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The rules are determined by the loudest player

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 determined	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 determined	aux:pass
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 player	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 player	det
7	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 player	amod
8	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the loudest player	the rules					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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