Exam question 1 · In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem

Identify the principal reason for which the denomination of in-game prices in coins, gems or similar units is considered to influence the expenditure of minors.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, consider, influence, expend · To what, where: principal reason, denomination, expenditure, minors

This is exam question 1 of lesson 412 «In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 considered	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 denomination	det
8	denomination	denomination	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 considered	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 prices	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 prices	case
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 in	punct
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 prices	compound
13	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 denomination	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 coins	case
15	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 prices	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 gems	punct
17	gems	gem	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 coins	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 units	cc
19	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 units	amod
20	units	unit	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 coins	conj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 considered	aux:pass
22	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 influence	mark
24	influence	influence	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 considered	xcomp
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 expenditure	det
26	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 influence	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 minors	case
28	minors	minor	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 expenditure	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	consider	present · passive		the denomination of game prices in coins and gems or similar units	for the principal reason	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
3	influence	to-infinitive		the expenditure of minors		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expenditure=Patient
4	expend			minors		nom expenditure «possession 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 · ✓ the right answer

Such units obscure the fact that real money is being spent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 units	amod
2	units	unit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obscure	nsubj
3	obscure	obscure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fact	det
5	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spent	nsubj:pass
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 money	mark
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 money	amod
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fact	acl
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 spent	aux:pass
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 spent	aux:pass
11	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 obscure	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obscure	present	Such units						tree rules
2	spend	present · passive		the fact					vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 2

Such units are cheaper than the national currency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 units	amod
2	units	unit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cheaper	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheaper	cop
4	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	8 currency	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 currency	det
7	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 currency	amod
8	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheaper	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such units					than the national currency; cheap property	tree rules

Option 3

Such units are refundable upon request in all cases

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 units	amod
2	units	unit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 refundable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 refundable	cop
4	refundable	refundable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 request	case
6	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refundable	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cases	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 cases	det
9	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 refundable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such units			all cases		upon request; refundable property	tree rules

Option 4

Such units are exempt from any purchase history

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 units	amod
2	units	unit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 exempt	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exempt	cop
4	exempt	exempt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 history	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 history	det
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 history	compound
8	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exempt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such units			any purchase history		exempt property	tree rules

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