Exam question 1 · Mum's card: game money is real money

Identify the principal reason for which currency acquired within a game ought not to be regarded as pretend money.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, currency · What happens: identify, acquire, not regard · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 1 of lesson 414 «Mum's card: game money is real money» 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	16 regarded	nsubj:pass
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 acquired	obl
7	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acquired	nsubj
8	acquired	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acquired	obl
12	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 regarded	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 regarded	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	16 regarded	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 regarded	aux:pass
16	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	ccomp
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 money	case
18	pretend	pretend	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 money	amod
19	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 regarded	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	acquire	past	currency		for the principal reason; within a game	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for which=Asset
3	not regard	ought · passive		the principal reason	as pretend money	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as money=Value

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

It ceases to exist upon the closure of the game

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 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 exist	mark
4	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceases	xcomp
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 closure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 closure	det
7	closure	closure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exist	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 closure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	cease	present	It		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	exist	to-infinitive		the closure of the game	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon closure=Location
3	close		the game		nom closure «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It may be exchanged solely within the game

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	4 exchanged	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 exchanged	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 exchanged	aux:pass
4	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 exchanged	advmod
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 game	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 game	det
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exchanged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange	may · passive		It				within the game; solely property	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is purchased with real funds from a real account

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	3 purchased	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 purchased	aux:pass
3	purchased	purchase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 funds	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 funds	amod
6	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 purchased	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 account	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 account	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 account	amod
10	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purchased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	present · passive		It		a real account		with real funds	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from account=Source

Option 4

It is supplied without charge to minors

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	3 supplied	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 supplied	aux:pass
3	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 charge	case
5	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supplied	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 minors	case
7	minors	minor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 supplied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present · passive		It	minors			without charge	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to minor=Recipient

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