Exam question 4 · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the…
State the purpose of accounts known as bots that repeat the same message.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bots, accounts · What happens: know, repeat, purpose · To what, where: accounts, same message
This is exam question 4 of lesson 314 «Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news» 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 purpose | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 purpose | det |
| 3 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 accounts | case |
| 5 | accounts | account | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 purpose | nmod |
| 6 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 accounts | acl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 bots | case |
| 8 | bots | bot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 known | obl |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 repeat | nsubj |
| 10 | repeat | repeat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 bots | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 message | det |
| 12 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 message | amod |
| 13 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 repeat | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 purpose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | participle | accounts not said here | as bots | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as bot=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | repeat | present | bots | the same message | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | purpose | accounts | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
To make an idea appear more popular than it is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 appear | advcl |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 idea | det |
| 4 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 popular | advmod |
| 7 | popular | popular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 appear | ccomp |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 popular | obl |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 popular | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | a idea | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset idea=Product | |||||
| 2 | appear | present | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | than idea; popular property | tree rules |
Option 2
To deliver messages much faster than humans can
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 deliver | mark |
| 2 | deliver | deliver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 can | advcl |
| 3 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 deliver | obj |
| 4 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 faster | advmod |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 deliver | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 humans | case |
| 7 | humans | human | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 faster | obl |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deliver | to-infinitive | messages | fast property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Patient |
Option 3
To protect users from scams and from harmful links
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 protect | mark |
| 2 | protect | protect | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | users | user | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 protect | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 scams | case |
| 5 | scams | scam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 protect | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 links | cc |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 links | case |
| 8 | harmful | harmful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 links | amod |
| 9 | links | link | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scams | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | to-infinitive | users | from scams and harmful links | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent user=Beneficiary from scam=Theme |
Option 4
To correct errors in the news faster than people could
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 correct | mark |
| 2 | correct | correct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 could | advcl |
| 3 | errors | error | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 correct | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 news | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 news | det |
| 6 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 correct | obl |
| 7 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 correct | advmod |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 faster | obl |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct speech: disagree | to-infinitive | errors | the news | fast property | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent error=Patient |
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