Exam question 2 · Puzzles, money and video games

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises in-game purchases?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: game purchases

This is exam question 2 of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 purchases	case
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 in	punct
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 purchases	compound
12	purchases	purchase	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	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				game purchases		of the following statements; 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

Option 1

They are always entirely free of charge

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	5 free	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 free	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 free	advmod
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 free	advmod
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 charge	case
7	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					of charge; always, entirely, free property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They cost real money, and small sums accumulate rapidly

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 cost	nsubj
2	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 money	amod
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cost	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 accumulate	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 accumulate	cc
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sums	amod
8	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 accumulate	nsubj
9	accumulate	accumulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cost	conj
10	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	9 accumulate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	They	real money					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value
2	accumulate	present	small sums					rapidly property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They are refunded automatically at the end of each month

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 refunded	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 refunded	aux:pass
3	refunded	refund	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	3 refunded	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refunded	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 month	case
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 month	det
10	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refund	present · passive		They			at the end of each month	automatically property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

They use only imaginary money that is never paid

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 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 imaginary	advmod
4	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 money	amod
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 paid	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 paid	aux:pass
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 paid	advmod
9	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 money	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	They	imaginary money					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient
2	not pay	present · passive		imaginary money					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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