Exam question 1 · Loot boxes and the surprise trap
Identify the principal reason for which paid loot boxes have been likened to gambling.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal reason · What happens: identify, pay, liken · To what, where: principal reason, loot boxes
This is exam question 1 of lesson 413 «Loot boxes and the surprise trap» 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 | 7 paid | nsubj |
| 7 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 8 | loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 boxes | compound |
| 9 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 likened | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 likened | aux |
| 11 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 likened | aux:pass |
| 12 | likened | liken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 paid | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 gambling | case |
| 14 | gambling | gambling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 likened | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | pay | past | the principal reason | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | liken | present · perfect · passive | loot boxes | to gambling | 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
Loot boxes invariably return more value than is paid for them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boxes | compound |
| 2 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 return | nsubj |
| 3 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 4 return | advmod |
| 4 | return | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 value | amod |
| 6 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 return | obj |
| 7 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 9 paid | mark |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 paid | aux:pass |
| 9 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 return | advcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | present | Loot boxes | more value | invariably property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Theme | |||
| 2 | pay | present · passive | Loot boxes not said here | for boxes = box | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: for they=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Loot boxes are lawful only for persons of full age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boxes | compound |
| 2 | boxes | box | 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 | _ | 7 persons | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 persons | case |
| 7 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lawful | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 age | case |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 age | amod |
| 10 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 persons | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Loot boxes | for persons of full age; lawful property | tree rules |
Option 3
Loot boxes are sold exclusively in establishments for betting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boxes | compound |
| 2 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sold | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sold | aux:pass |
| 4 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 4 sold | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 establishments | case |
| 7 | establishments | establishment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sold | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 betting | case |
| 9 | betting | betting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present · passive | Loot boxes | establishments | for betting; exclusively property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for betting=Asset |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Money is exchanged for a random chance of obtaining a prize
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 exchanged | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 exchanged | aux:pass |
| 3 | exchanged | exchange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 chance | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chance | det |
| 6 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 chance | amod |
| 7 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 exchanged | obl |
| 8 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 obtaining | mark |
| 9 | obtaining | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 chance | acl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 prize | det |
| 11 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 obtaining | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exchange | present · passive | Money | for a random chance | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for chance=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | obtain | gerund | a random chance not said here | a prize | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset prize=Theme |
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