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# Exam question 1 · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct position for sledding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** correct position

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct position for sledding?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sledding	sledding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the correct position |  |  |  | of the following statements; for sledding; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lying head first upon the sled, for the purpose of greater speed and better steering

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e1:o1:1
# text = Lying head first upon the sled, for the purpose of greater speed and better steering
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sled	sled	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
16	steering	steering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  | head |  |  |  | upon the sled; for the purpose of greater speed and better steering; first *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | greater speed and better steering |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sitting up and feet first, on a hill away from roads, trees and ponds

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e1:o2:1
# text = Sitting up and feet first, on a hill away from roads, trees and ponds
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit up** | gerund |  |  |  | a hill |  | from roads and trees and ponds; first *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Standing upright upon the sled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e1:o3:1
# text = Standing upright upon the sled
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	upright	upright	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sled	sled	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | the sled |  | upright *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon sled=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kneeling backwards upon the sled, so as to observe those approaching from behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e1:o4:1
# text = Kneeling backwards upon the sled, so as to observe those approaching from behind
1	Kneeling	kneel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sled	sled	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	obj	_	_
12	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kneel** | gerund |  |  |  | the sled |  | backwards *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon sled=Location |
| 2 | **observe** | to-infinitive |  | those |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **approach** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from behind=Initial\_Location |

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**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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