Exam question 1 · Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a loot box?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: loot box

This is exam question 1 of lesson 281 «Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 box	det
10	loot	loot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 box	compound
11	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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		a loot box				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 · ← Mova's choice

A storage container for game items

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 container	det
2	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 container	compound
3	container	container	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 items	case
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 items	compound
6	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 container	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A guaranteed purchase of a chosen item

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 purchase	det
2	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 purchase	amod
3	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 item	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 item	det
6	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 item	amod
7	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	guarantee	participle		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
2	choose	participle		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	purchase		a chosen item	nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A free reward granted by the makers for good conduct in the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 reward	det
2	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reward	amod
3	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reward	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 makers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 makers	det
7	makers	maker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 granted	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 conduct	case
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 conduct	amod
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 granted	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 game	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 game	det
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	participle		a free reward not said here				by the makers; for good conduct in the game goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for conduct=Goal

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A purchase of unknown contents, comparable to gambling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 purchase	det
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 contents	case
4	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 contents	amod
5	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 purchase	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 comparable	punct
7	comparable	comparable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 purchase	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 gambling	case
9	gambling	gambling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comparable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase			unknown contents					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=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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