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# Exam question 3 · Teams and voice chat

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of a competent team leader?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, competent team leader

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 405 «Teams and voice chat» 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/405-teams-and-voice-chat/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:405-teams-and-voice-chat:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of a competent team leader?
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	10	det	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	competent	competent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 conduct of a competent team leader |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | a competent team leader |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Instructions are given clearly and courteously, without insult to any player

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:405-teams-and-voice-chat:e3:o1:1
# text = Instructions are given clearly and courteously, without insult to any player
1	Instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	courteously	courteously	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | Instructions | any player |  |  | clearly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to player=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every decision is withheld from the team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:405-teams-and-voice-chat:e3:o2:1
# text = Every decision is withheld from the team
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	withheld	withhold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | present · passive |  | every decision |  | the team |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Instructions are shouted loudly and accompanied by insults to the weaker players

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:405-teams-and-voice-chat:e3:o3:1
# text = Instructions are shouted loudly and accompanied by insults to the weaker players
1	Instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	insults	insult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present · passive |  | Instructions |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **accompany** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All tasks are allocated to the leader alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:405-teams-and-voice-chat:e3:o4:1
# text = All tasks are allocated to the leader alone
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	allocated	allocate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allocate** | present · passive |  | all tasks |  |  |  | to the leader *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to leader=Goal |

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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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