Exam question 2 · Spending money online without asking

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the age restrictions imposed by many applications?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, impose · To what, where: age restrictions

This is exam question 2 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	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	1 Which	nmod
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	11 restrictions	det
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 restrictions	compound
11	restrictions	restriction	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 restrictions	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 applications	case
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 applications	amod
15	applications	application	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 imposed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the age restrictions	accurately property	tree rules
3	impose	participle	the age restrictions not said here	by many applications	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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

They exist solely in order to exclude younger users from enjoyment

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 exist	nsubj
2	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 exist	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 order	case
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exist	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 exclude	mark
7	exclude	exclude	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 exist	advcl
8	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 users	amod
9	users	user	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 exclude	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 enjoyment	case
11	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exclude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	They			order		solely property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location
2	exclude	to-infinitive	They not said here	younger users		enjoyment			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer user=Beneficiary from enjoyment=Eventuality

Option 2

They may be disregarded with parental absence

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 disregarded	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 disregarded	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 disregarded	aux:pass
4	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 absence	case
6	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 absence	amod
7	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disregarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	may · passive		They				with parental absence	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They exist to protect children from content that may upset or harm them

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 exist	nsubj
2	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 protect	mark
4	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 exist	advcl
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 protect	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 content	case
7	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 protect	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 upset	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 upset	aux
10	upset	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 content	acl:relcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 harm	cc
12	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 protect	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 harm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	exist	present	They				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	protect	to-infinitive	They not said here		children	from content	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary from content=Theme
3	upset	may	content				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	harm	infinitive	They not said here	children = child			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 4

They exist only to collect users' personal data

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 exist	nsubj
2	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 collect	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 collect	mark
5	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 exist	advcl
6	users	user	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 data	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 users	case
8	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 data	amod
9	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 collect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	They						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	collect	to-infinitive	They not said here	users's personal data					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent data=Theme

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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