Exam question 1 · Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice designated «smurfing»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: practice · What happens: follow, characteris, designate, smurf

This is exam question 1 of lesson 408 «Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»» 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	10 practice	det
10	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 designated	nsubj
11	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 smurfing	punct
13	smurfing	smurf	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 designated	advcl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 smurfing	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		accurately property	tree rules
3	designate	past	the practice		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	smurf in a quote	gerund	the practice not said here		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

The abandonment of a match prior to its conclusion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abandonment	det
2	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 match	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 match	det
5	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abandonment	nmod
6	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 conclusion	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 prior	fixed
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 conclusion	nmod:poss
9	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abandonment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon			a match				prior match's conclusion	nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient prior=obl
2	conclude		match						nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The use of a new account by an experienced player to compete against novices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 use	det
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 account	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 account	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 account	amod
6	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 player	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 player	det
9	experienced	experienced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 player	amod
10	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 compete	mark
12	compete	compete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 use	acl
13	against	against	ADP	_	14 novices	case
14	novices	novice	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 compete	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compete	to-infinitive						against novices	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	use		a experienced player	a new account					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 3

The sharing of an account between siblings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sharing	det
2	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 account	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 account	det
5	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sharing	nmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 siblings	case
7	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sharing	nmod

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

Option 4

The use of an unofficial program to obtain unlimited currency within the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 use	det
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtain	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 program	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 program	det
5	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 program	amod
6	program	program	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 obtain	mark
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 currency	amod
10	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtain	obj
11	within	within	ADP	_	13 game	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 game	det
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	to-infinitive	the use of a unofficial program	unlimited currency				within the game	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset currency=Theme
2	use			a unofficial program					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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