Exam question 1 · Staying safe online and checking what you see

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the means by which fraudulent websites deceive their visitors?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: the, fraudulent websites · What happens: follow, characteris, mean, deceive · To what, where: visitors · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 283 «Staying safe online and checking what you see» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 means	nsubj
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 deceive	obl
13	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 websites	amod
14	websites	website	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 deceive	nsubj
15	deceive	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 means	ccomp
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 visitors	nmod:poss
17	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 deceive	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	deceive	present	fraudulent websites	websites's visitors		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Patient

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 display no logos whatsoever

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 display	nsubj
2	display	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 logos	det
4	logos	logo	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 display	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 display	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	present	They	no logos				whatsoever property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent logo=Theme

Option 2

They are invariably written in a foreign language and poor grammar

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 written	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 written	advmod
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 language	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 language	det
7	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 language	amod
8	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grammar	cc
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grammar	amod
11	grammar	grammar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 language	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		They		a foreign language and poor grammar		invariably property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in language=Destination

Option 3

They are accessible only at night

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 accessible	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accessible	cop
3	accessible	accessible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 night	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accessible	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They				night	accessible property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They copy genuine sites with minute alterations in spelling of the address

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 copy	nsubj
2	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sites	amod
4	sites	site	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 copy	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 alterations	case
6	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 alterations	compound
7	alterations	alteration	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 copy	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 spelling	case
9	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 copy	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 address	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 address	det
12	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spelling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	present	They	genuine sites		spelling of the address		with minute alterations	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent site=Theme in spelling=Destination
2	spell			the address					nom spelling «communication 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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