Exam question 3 · Playing fair and cheating in games

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning hacks and cheat programs in online games.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: consistent

This is exam question 3 of lesson 200 «Playing fair and cheating in games» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consistent	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl:unmarked
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hacks	amod
10	hacks	hack	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 programs	cc
12	cheat	cheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 programs	compound
13	programs	program	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 games	case
15	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 games	amod
16	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 programs	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the consistent					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They are harmless tools that make online games more fun for all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tools	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tools	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tools	amod
4	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 make	nsubj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tools	acl:relcl
7	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 games	amod
8	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	obj
9	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 fun	advmod
10	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 make	xcomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 fun	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	harmless tools					tree rules
2	make	present	harmless tools	online games				fun property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Product

Option 2

They are allowed, provided they are downloaded from a free site

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 allowed	aux:pass
3	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 provided	punct
5	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 allowed	conj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 downloaded	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 downloaded	aux:pass
8	downloaded	download	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 allowed	parataxis
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 site	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 site	det
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 site	amod
12	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 downloaded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	allow	present · passive	They		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	provide	participle			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	download	present · passive	they	a free site	tree rules

Option 3

They affect only the player who uses them and nobody else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 affect	nsubj
2	affect	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 player	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 player	det
5	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affect	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 uses	nsubj
7	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 player	acl:relcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 uses	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 nobody	cc
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 player	conj
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 nobody	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present	They	the player					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus player=Experiencer
2	use	present	the player	them = they					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They are unfair, can get accounts banned and often hide viruses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unfair	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unfair	cop
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 unfair	conj
7	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	obj
8	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 get	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hide	cc
10	often	often	ADV	_	11 hide	advmod
11	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	conj
12	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	They		unfair property	tree rules
2	get	can	They not said here	accounts		tree rules
3	ban	participle	accounts not said here			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
4	hide	present	They not said here	viruses	often property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virus=Patient

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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