--- title: Determine which conduct most accurately exemplifies that of a gracio… — Family game night · tree and pragmatics description: Determine which conduct most accurately exemplifies that of a gracious loser. Exam question 4 of lesson 425 «Family game night» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/425-family-game-night/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Family game night](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/425-family-game-night/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Family game night Determine which conduct most accurately exemplifies that of a gracious loser. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, conduct, exemplify This is exam question 4 of lesson 425 «Family game night» 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/425-family-game-night/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:e4:1 # text = Determine which conduct most accurately exemplifies that of a gracious loser. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 conduct conduct VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 exemplifies exemplify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 loser loser NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **conduct** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **exemplify** | present | | | | | | accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} Asserting that the victory was conceded deliberately ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:e4:o1:1 # text = Asserting that the victory was conceded deliberately 1 Asserting assert VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 conceded concede VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 7 deliberately deliberately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assert** | gerund | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **concede** | past · passive | | the victory | | | | deliberately *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Congratulating the winner upon the victory obtained ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:e4:o2:1 # text = Congratulating the winner upon the victory obtained 1 Congratulating congratulate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 winner winner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **congratulate** | gerund | | the winner | | | | upon the victory | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winner=Theme | | 2 | **obtain** | participle | | the victory *not said here* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} Declining to participate in any further game ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:e4:o3:1 # text = Declining to participate in any further game 1 Declining decline VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 participate participate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 6 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decline** | gerund | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **participate** | to-infinitive | | | | | | in any further game | vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in game=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Disputing the validity of the result obtained ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:e4:o4:1 # text = Disputing the validity of the result obtained 1 Disputing dispute VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 validity validity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dispute** | gerund | | the validity of the result | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **obtain** | participle | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | **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. 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