Exam question 1 · Spending money online without asking
Identify the principal reason for which purchases made within a game are to be regarded as expenditure of real money.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, purchases · What happens: identify, be, regard, expend · To what, where: principal reason, real money
This is exam question 1 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 made | obl |
| 7 | purchases | purchase | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 made | nsubj |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 9 | within | within | ADP | _ | 11 game | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 game | det |
| 11 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 made | obl |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 made | cop |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 regarded | mark |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 regarded | aux:pass |
| 15 | regarded | regard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 made | advcl |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 expenditure | case |
| 17 | expenditure | expenditure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 regarded | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 money | case |
| 19 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 money | amod |
| 20 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 expenditure | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | purchases | for the principal reason; within a game; make property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | regard | to-infinitive · passive | purchases not said here | as expenditure of real money | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: as expenditure=Value | ||||
| 4 | expend | real money | nom expenditure «possession transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice
They are paid for by the game's developer
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 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 paid | aux:pass |
| 3 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 paid | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 developer | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 game | det |
| 7 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 developer | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 game | case |
| 9 | developer | developer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay for | present · passive | the game's developer | They | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |
Option 2
Such purchases are invariably refunded in full to the account holder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 purchases | amod |
| 2 | purchases | purchase | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 refunded | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 refunded | aux:pass |
| 4 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 5 refunded | advmod |
| 5 | refunded | refund | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 full | case |
| 7 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 refunded | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 holder | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 holder | det |
| 10 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 holder | compound |
| 11 | holder | holder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 refunded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refund | present · passive | Such purchases | the account holder | full | invariably property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to holder=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The sums are debited from a genuine bank account
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sums | det |
| 2 | sums | sum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 debited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 debited | aux:pass |
| 4 | debited | debit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 account | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 account | det |
| 7 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 account | amod |
| 8 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 account | compound |
| 9 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 debited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | debit | present · passive | the sums | a genuine bank account | tree rules |
Option 4
In-game currency has no monetary origin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 currency | case |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 In | punct |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 currency | compound |
| 4 | currency | currency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obl |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 origin | det |
| 7 | monetary | monetary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 origin | amod |
| 8 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | no monetary origin | game currency | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Patient |
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