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# Exam question 3 · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the deliberate injury of a teammate in order to become the leading scorer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, become, lead, injure · **To what, where:** deliberate injury, order, leading scorer, teammate

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» 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/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the deliberate injury of a teammate in order to become the leading scorer?
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	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	teammate	teammate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	amod	_	_
21	scorer	scorer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	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 deliberate injury of a teammate |  | order |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **become** | to-infinitive |  | the leading scorer |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **lead** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 5 | **injure** |  |  | a teammate |  |  |  |  | nom injury «state 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 {#o1}

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It is a recognised tactic in junior football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e3:o1:1
# text = It is a recognised tactic in junior football
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	tactic	tactic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	junior	junior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a recognised tactic |  | junior football |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is permissible during practice sessions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e3:o2:1
# text = It is permissible during practice sessions
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sessions	session	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  | during practice sessions | permissible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is impermissible however keen the competition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e3:o3:1
# text = It is impermissible however keen the competition
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	impermissible	impermissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	however	however	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	keen	keen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | impermissible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keen** | present |  | the competition |  |  |  | however *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competition=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is acceptable if described as accidental

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e3:o4:1
# text = It is acceptable if described as accidental
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	accidental	accidental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | acceptable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as accidental | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as accidental=Attribute |

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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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