Exam question 4 · Loot boxes and the surprise trap

Whereas a minor has experienced repeated temptation to purchase loot boxes, select the response most consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: experience, repeat, purchase, select, establish · To what, where: minor, loot boxes, response

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 experienced	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 minor	det
3	minor	minor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 experienced	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 experienced	aux
5	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 select	advcl
6	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 temptation	amod
7	temptation	temptation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 experienced	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 purchase	mark
9	purchase	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 temptation	acl
10	loot	loot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boxes	compound
11	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 purchase	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 experienced	punct
13	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 response	det
15	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 select	obj
16	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	17 consistent	advmod
17	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 response	amod
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 guidance	case
19	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 guidance	amod
20	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 consistent	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	experience	present · perfect · passive		a minor	tree rules
2	repeat	participle			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	purchase	to-infinitive		loot boxes	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset box=Theme
4	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
5	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 · ✓ the right answer

A parent ought to be asked to disable in-game spending in the device settings

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 parent	det
2	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 asked	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 asked	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 asked	aux:pass
6	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 disable	mark
8	disable	disable	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 asked	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 in	punct
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spending	compound
12	spending	spending	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disable	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 settings	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 settings	det
15	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 settings	compound
16	settings	setting	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 disable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	ought · passive		a parent					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	disable not said to happen	to-infinitive	a parent not said here	game spending		the device settings			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent spending=Patient

Option 2

The minor ought to conceal all purchases from the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minor	det
2	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conceal	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 conceal	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 conceal	mark
5	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 purchases	det
7	purchases	purchase	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conceal	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 household	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 household	det
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	ought	the minor	all purchases		the household			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent purchase=Patient from household=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The minor ought to purchase further boxes until the losses have been recovered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minor	det
2	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 purchase	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 purchase	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 purchase	mark
5	purchase	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boxes	amod
7	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 purchase	obj
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 recovered	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 losses	det
10	losses	loss	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 recovered	nsubj:pass
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 recovered	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 recovered	aux:pass
13	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 purchase	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	ought	the minor	further boxes					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset box=Theme
2	recover	present · perfect · passive		the losses					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The minor ought to borrow funds from acquaintances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minor	det
2	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 borrow	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 borrow	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 borrow	mark
5	borrow	borrow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 borrow	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 acquaintances	case
8	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 borrow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	ought	the minor	funds		acquaintances			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fund=Theme from acquaintance=Source

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