Exam question 4 · Account swaps and passwords: the door key of your game

Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the proposed exchange of accounts with an unknown player.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, propose, exchange · To what, where: response, proposed exchange, accounts

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 facts	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 facts	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 exchange	det
12	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 exchange	amod
13	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 accounts	case
15	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 exchange	nmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 player	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 player	det
18	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 player	amod
19	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 accounts	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the proposed exchange of accounts with a unknown player	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus exchange=Experiencer
4	propose	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	exchange			accounts with a unknown player	nom exchange «phenomenon 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

Such proposals are lawful only where the skins are numerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proposals	amod
2	proposals	proposal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lawful	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lawful	cop
4	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	10 numerous	advmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 numerous	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skins	det
8	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 numerous	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 numerous	cop
10	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lawful	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such proposals					lawful property	tree rules
2	is	present	the skins					numerous property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such proposals are frequently fraudulent and ought to be declined

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proposals	amod
2	proposals	proposal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fraudulent	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fraudulent	cop
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	5 fraudulent	advmod
5	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 declined	cc
7	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 declined	aux
8	to	to	PART	_	10 declined	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 declined	aux:pass
10	declined	decline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fraudulent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such proposals					fraudulent, frequently property	tree rules
2	decline	ought · passive	Such proposals not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»

Option 3

Such proposals ought to be accepted upon receipt of a written guarantee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proposals	amod
2	proposals	proposal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 accepted	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 accepted	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 accepted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 accepted	aux:pass
6	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 receipt	case
8	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accepted	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 guarantee	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 guarantee	det
11	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 guarantee	amod
12	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receipt	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accept	ought · passive	Such proposals	upon receipt of a written guarantee	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	write	participle			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	receipt		a written guarantee		nom receipt «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Such proposals are invariably advantageous to the pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proposals	amod
2	proposals	proposal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 advantageous	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 advantageous	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 advantageous	advmod
5	advantageous	advantageous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 advantageous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such proposals					to the pupil; advantageous, invariably property	tree rules

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