Exam question 3 · In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of a cosmetic item, hereinafter a skin, upon a player's performance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: player · What happens: follow, characteris, effect, perform · To what, where: effect, cosmetic item

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 item	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 item	det
13	cosmetic	cosmetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 item	amod
14	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effect	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hereinafter	punct
16	hereinafter	hereinafter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 item	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 skin	det
18	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 item	appos
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 performance	punct
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	24 performance	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 player	det
22	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 performance	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 player	case
24	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effect	conj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the effect of a cosmetic item and hereinafter and a player's performance	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	effect			a cosmetic item and hereinafter		nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
4	perform		a player			nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 alters appearance and does not alter skill

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 alters	nsubj
2	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alters	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 alter	cc
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 alter	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 alter	advmod
7	alter	alter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 alters	conj
8	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 alter	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	It	appearance					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient
2	not alter	present · do-support		skill					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skill=Patient

Option 2

It alters skill solely during the first week

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 alters	nsubj
2	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alters	obj
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 alters	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 week	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 week	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 week	amod
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	It	skill			week	solely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skill=Patient

Option 3

It improves skill in direct proportion to its price

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 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 proportion	case
5	direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 proportion	amod
6	proportion	proportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 price	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 price	nmod:poss
9	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	skill		direct proportion		to proportion's price	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skill=Patient

Option 4

It impairs skill where the item is free

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 impairs	nsubj
2	impairs	impair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impairs	obj
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 free	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 item	det
6	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 free	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 free	cop
8	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 skill	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	present	It	skill					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus skill=Experiencer
2	is	present	the item					free property	tree rules

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