Leading articles - Revision history

June Yin: /* Extraneous articles */

2022-02-10T02:35:14Z

Extraneous articles

Kevin Wang at 14:59, 20 October 2021

2021-10-20T14:59:32Z

Kevin Wang: updated to reflect 8/3/21 changes to ACF gameplay rules

2021-08-06T01:21:41Z

updated to reflect 8/3/21 changes to ACF gameplay rules

Ophir Lifshitz: minor

2021-05-01T21:09:15Z

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Kevin Wang: Created page with "{{Rule disclaimer}} A '''leading article''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(grammar) grammatical article] (e.g. "the", "a", or "an") which comes at the beginning..."

2021-05-01T20:27:00Z

Created page with "{{Rule disclaimer}} A '''leading article''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(grammar) grammatical article] (e.g. "the", "a", or "an") which comes at the beginning..."

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{{Rule disclaimer}}
A '''leading article''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(grammar) grammatical article] (e.g. "the", "a", or "an") which comes at the beginning of a work's title. Under both [[ACF]] and [[NAQT]] rules, the omission of a single leading article from an otherwise correct title does not render an answer incorrect; however, there are other differences between their rules.

This is governed by ACF gameplay rule 7A and by NAQT correctness guideline C4b.

==Edge cases==
===Extraneous articles===
If a work does not have a leading article, then adding an article that is not present in the title of the work will render an answer incorrect under ACF rules. In NAQT rules, adding an extraneous leading article will not invalidate a response ''unless'' it introduces ambiguity with another work which uses that article.

===Incorrect articles===
In both ACF and NAQT rules, providing the wrong leading article for a work will render it incorrect.

==Examples==
The most famous application of these rules are when writing about H.G. Well's "The Invisible Man" or Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man".

{|class="wikitable"
! Answer wanted
! Answer given
! Correct in NAQT?
! Correct in ACF?
|-
|rowspan=3| "'''Invisible Man'''" (by Ralph Ellison)
|"Invisible Man"
|style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes''' This is the exact title of the work.
|style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes''' This is the exact title of the work.
|-
|"The Invisible Man"
|style="background: pink"| '''No''' The extraneous leading article "the" has created ambiguity between this work and another, rendering it incorrect.
|style="background: pink"| '''No''' The addition of an extraneous leading article has rendered the answer incorrect.
|-
|"An Invisible Man"
|style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes''' The extraneous leading article "an" has not created ambiguity and is thus allowed.
|style="background: pink"| '''No''' The addition of an extraneous leading article has rendered the answer incorrect.
|-
|rowspan=3| "The '''Invisible Man'''" (by H.G. Wells)
|"Invisible Man"
|style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes''' Omitting the single leading article does not affect the correctness of this otherwise correct answer.
|style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes''' Omitting the single leading article does not affect the correctness of this otherwise correct answer.
|-
|"The Invisible Man"
|style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes''' This is the exact title of the work.
|style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes''' This is the exact title of the work.
|-
|"An Invisible Man"
|style="background: pink"| '''No''' The leading article "an" is not correct.
|style="background: pink"| '''No''' The leading article "an" is not correct.
|}

Notice that the only difference in correctness in these situations is when an extraneous leading article which does not introduce ambiguity is added to a work which otherwise does not have one; in this situation, NAQT considers the answer correct while ACF considers the answer incorrect.

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 {{Rule disclaimer}}
-A '''leading article''' is a [[wikipedia:Article (grammar)|grammatical article]] (e.g. "the", "a", or "an") that comes at the beginning of a work's title. Under both [[ACF]] and [[NAQT]] rules, the omission of a single leading article from an otherwise correct title does not render an answer incorrect.
+{{Rules of the game}}
 This is governed by ACF gameplay rule G7 and by NAQT correctness guideline C4b.

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 {{Rule disclaimer}}
-A '''leading article''' is a [[wikipedia:Article (grammar)|grammatical article]] (e.g. "the", "a", or "an") that comes at the beginning of a work's title. Under both [[ACF]] and [[NAQT]] rules, the omission of a single leading article from an otherwise correct title does not render an answer incorrect; however, there are other differences between their rules.
+A '''leading article''' is a [[wikipedia:Article (grammar)|grammatical article]] (e.g. "the", "a", or "an") that comes at the beginning of a work's title. Under both [[ACF]] and [[NAQT]] rules, the omission of a single leading article from an otherwise correct title does not render an answer incorrect.
-This is governed by ACF gameplay rule 7A and by NAQT correctness guideline C4b.
+This is governed by ACF gameplay rule G7 and by NAQT correctness guideline C4b.
 ==Edge cases==
 ===Extraneous articles===
-If a work does not have a leading article, then adding an article that is not present in the title of the work will render an answer incorrect under ACF rules. In NAQT rules, adding an extraneous leading article will not invalidate a response ''unless'' it introduces ambiguity with another work which uses that article.
+As of August 3rd, 2021<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25238 ACF Gameplay Rules Changes] by [[caroline]] » Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:25 pm</ref>, adding an article to the title of a work which does not have a leading article will not invalidate a response in either the ACF or NAQT ruleset ''unless'' it introduces ambiguity with another work which uses that article. Prior to this date, ACF did not allow the addition of an extraneous articles.
 ===Incorrect articles===
@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 |"The Invisible Man"
 |style="background: pink"| '''No'''<br/>The extraneous leading article "the" has created ambiguity between this work and another, rendering it incorrect.
-|style="background: pink"| '''No'''<br/>The addition of an extraneous leading article has rendered the answer incorrect.
+|style="background: pink"| '''No'''<br/>The extraneous leading article "the" has created ambiguity between this work and another, rendering it incorrect.
 |-
 |"An Invisible Man"
 |style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes'''<br/>The extraneous leading article "an" has not created ambiguity and is thus allowed.
-|style="background: pink"| '''No'''<br/>The addition of an extraneous leading article has rendered the answer incorrect.
+|style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes'''<br/>The extraneous leading article "an" has not created ambiguity and is thus allowed.
 |-
 |rowspan=3| "The '''<u>Invisible Man</u>'''"<br />(by H. G. Wells)
@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 |}
-Notice that the only difference in correctness in these situations is when an extraneous leading article which does not introduce ambiguity is added to a work that otherwise does not have one; in this situation, NAQT considers the answer correct while ACF considers the answer incorrect.
+As of the rules change on August 3rd, there are no differences in how ACF and NAQT deal with leading articles.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Rule disclaimer}}
-A '''leading article''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(grammar) grammatical article] (e.g. "the", "a", or "an") which comes at the beginning of a work's title. Under both [[ACF]] and [[NAQT]] rules, the omission of a single leading article from an otherwise correct title does not render an answer incorrect; however, there are other differences between their rules.
+A '''leading article''' is a [[wikipedia:Article (grammar)|grammatical article]] (e.g. "the", "a", or "an") that comes at the beginning of a work's title. Under both [[ACF]] and [[NAQT]] rules, the omission of a single leading article from an otherwise correct title does not render an answer incorrect; however, there are other differences between their rules.
 This is governed by ACF gameplay rule 7A and by NAQT correctness guideline C4b.
@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 ===Incorrect articles===
-In both ACF and NAQT rules, providing the wrong leading article for a work will render it incorrect.
+In both ACF and NAQT rules, providing the wrong leading article for a work will render an answer incorrect.
 ==Examples==
-The most famous application of these rules are when writing about H.G. Well's "The Invisible Man" or Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man".
+The most famous application of these rules involves H. G. Wells's ''[[wikipedia:The Invisible Man|The Invisible Man]]'' and Ralph Ellison's ''[[wikipedia:Invisible Man|Invisible Man]]''.
 {|class="wikitable"
-! Answer wanted
+! width="129" | Answer wanted
-! Answer given
+! width="129" | Answer given
 ! Correct in NAQT?
 ! Correct in ACF?
 |-
-|rowspan=3| "'''<u>Invisible Man</u>'''" (by Ralph Ellison)
+|rowspan=3| "'''<u>Invisible Man</u>'''"<br />(by Ralph Ellison)
 |"Invisible Man"
 |style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes'''<br/>This is the exact title of the work.
@@ Line 33: / Line 33: @@
 |style="background: pink"| '''No'''<br/>The addition of an extraneous leading article has rendered the answer incorrect.
 |-
-|rowspan=3| "The '''<u>Invisible Man</u>'''" (by H.G. Wells)
+|rowspan=3| "The '''<u>Invisible Man</u>'''"<br />(by H. G. Wells)
 |"Invisible Man"
 |style="background: lightgreen"| '''Yes'''<br/>Omitting the single leading article does not affect the correctness of this otherwise correct answer.
@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 |}
-Notice that the only difference in correctness in these situations is when an extraneous leading article which does not introduce ambiguity is added to a work which otherwise does not have one; in this situation, NAQT considers the answer correct while ACF considers the answer incorrect.
+Notice that the only difference in correctness in these situations is when an extraneous leading article which does not introduce ambiguity is added to a work that otherwise does not have one; in this situation, NAQT considers the answer correct while ACF considers the answer incorrect.