Exam question 4 · In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem

Select the response most consistent with established guidance in respect of a large intended purchase of a cosmetic item.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, intend, respect, purchase · To what, where: response, large intended purchase, cosmetic item

This is exam question 4 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	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	_	8 guidance	case
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 guidance	amod
8	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guidance	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 purchase	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 purchase	det
13	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 purchase	amod
14	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 purchase	amod
15	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 respect	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 item	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 item	det
18	cosmetic	cosmetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 item	amod
19	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 purchase	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	intend	participle			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	respect			a large intended purchase of a cosmetic item	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
5	purchase			a cosmetic item	nom purchase «act 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 purchase ought to be concealed from a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purchase	det
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 concealed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 concealed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 concealed	aux:pass
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 parent	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	ought · passive		the purchase				from a parent	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from parent=Beneficiary

Option 2

The purchase ought to be doubled to obtain value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purchase	det
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doubled	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 doubled	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 doubled	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 doubled	aux:pass
6	doubled	double	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 obtain	mark
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 doubled	xcomp
9	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	ought · passive		the purchase					tree rules
2	obtain	to-infinitive		value					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset value=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The purchase ought to be deferred for several days and reconsidered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purchase	det
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deferred	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 deferred	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 deferred	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 deferred	aux:pass
6	deferred	defer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 days	amod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deferred	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reconsidered	cc
11	reconsidered	reconsider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 deferred	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defer	ought · passive		the purchase			day		vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: subject=Source
2	reconsider	participle							tree rules

Option 4

The purchase ought to be completed without delay, lest the price rise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purchase	det
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 completed	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 completed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 completed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 completed	aux:pass
6	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 delay	case
8	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 completed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rise	punct
10	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	13 rise	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 price	det
12	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rise	compound
13	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 completed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	ought · passive		the purchase				without delay	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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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