Exam question 2 · Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»

Identify the principal hazard associated with hyperlinks purporting to furnish «unlimited coins» or «hacks».

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal hazard · What happens: identify, associate, hyperlink, purport, furnish · To what, where: principal hazard, unlimited coins

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hazard	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hazard	amod
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hyperlinks	nsubj
5	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hazard	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	5 associated	obl
7	hyperlinks	hyperlink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	acl:relcl
8	purporting	purport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 hyperlinks	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 furnish	mark
10	furnish	furnish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 purporting	xcomp
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 coins	punct
12	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 coins	amod
13	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 furnish	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 coins	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 hacks	cc
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 hacks	punct
17	hacks	hack	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 coins	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 coins	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	associate	participle		the principal hazard not said here	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	hyperlink	present	the principal hazard		tree rules
4	purport	gerund	the principal hazard not said here		tree rules
5	furnish	to-infinitive	the principal hazard not said here	unlimited coins or hacks	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Recipient

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

Such hyperlinks merely reduce the speed of the device

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	4 reduce	mark
2	hyperlinks	hyperlink	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reduce	cop
3	merely	merely	ADV	_	4 reduce	advmod
4	reduce	reduce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 speed	det
6	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reduce	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 device	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 device	det
9	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speed	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such hyperlinks frequently install malicious software or appropriate the account

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	2 hyperlinks	mark
2	hyperlinks	hyperlink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	4 install	advmod
4	install	install	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hyperlinks	ccomp
5	malicious	malicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 software	amod
6	software	software	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 install	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 appropriate	cc
8	appropriate	appropriate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 install	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 account	det
10	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 appropriate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hyperlink	present			tree rules
2	install	present	malicious software	frequently property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent software=Theme
3	appropriate	infinitive	the account		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme

Option 3

Such hyperlinks are issued exclusively by the game operator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	2 hyperlinks	mark
2	hyperlinks	hyperlink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 issued	advcl
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 issued	aux:pass
4	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 issued	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 operator	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 operator	det
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 operator	compound
9	operator	operator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 issued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hyperlink	present	the game operator not said here						tree rules
2	issue	present · passive	the game operator					exclusively property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Such hyperlinks invariably provide the promised coins without any risk to the account

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	4 provide	mark
2	hyperlinks	hyperlink	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Such	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 provide	advmod
4	provide	provide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coins	det
6	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 coins	amod
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 provide	obj
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 risk	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 risk	det
10	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provide	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 account	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 account	det
13	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 risk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present		such property	tree rules
2	provide	imperative	the promised coins	without any risk to the account; invariably property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition coin=Theme
3	promise speech: promise	participle			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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