Exam question 3 · Account swaps and passwords: the door key of your game

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises two-step authentication?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: step authentication

This is exam question 3 of lesson 411 «Account swaps and passwords: the door key of your game» 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	8 characterises	obl
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	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 step	nummod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 two	punct
11	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 authentication	compound
12	authentication	authentication	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		step authentication				of the following statements; accurately property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It renders a password insufficient on its own to obtain access

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 password	det
4	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 own	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 own	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 obtain	mark
10	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 renders	advcl
11	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obtain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	a password		password's own		insufficient property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent password=Theme
2	obtain	to-infinitive		access					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset access=Theme

Option 2

It shortens the period for which a password is valid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shortens	nsubj
2	shortens	shorten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 period	det
4	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shortens	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 valid	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 password	det
8	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 valid	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 valid	cop
10	valid	valid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 period	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shorten	present	It	the period					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent period=Patient
2	is	present	a password					for the period; valid property	tree rules

Option 3

It renders a password unnecessary in all circumstances whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 password	det
4	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 renders	obl
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 renders	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	a password		all circumstances		unnecessary, whatsoever property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent password=Theme

Option 4

It permits third parties to share an account lawfully

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 parties	amod
4	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 permits	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 share	mark
6	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permits	advcl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 account	det
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 share	obj
9	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	6 share	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	third parties					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme
2	share	to-infinitive		a account				lawfully property	tree rules

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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