Exam question 1 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last

Identify the principal reason for which a gift card code ought to be kept secure until used.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, keep, use · To what, where: principal reason, card code

This is exam question 1 of lesson 415 «Gift cards and birthday money: making it last» 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	14 kept	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 code	det
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 card	compound
9	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 code	compound
10	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kept	nsubj:pass
11	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 kept	aux
12	to	to	PART	_	14 kept	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 kept	aux:pass
14	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
15	secure	secure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kept	xcomp
16	until	until	SCONJ	_	17 used	mark
17	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 kept	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	keep	ought · passive	you not said here	a card code	for the principal reason; secure property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	use	participle	you not said here			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Any person who obtains the code may spend its value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spend	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 obtains	nsubj
4	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 code	det
6	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obtains	obj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 spend	aux
8	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 value	nmod:poss
10	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	obtain	present	any person	the code	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Theme
2	spend	may	any person	person's value	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Asset
3	value		person		nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The code becomes valid only after being shown to others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 code	det
2	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	valid	valid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 becomes	xcomp
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 shown	advmod
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 shown	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 shown	aux:pass
8	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 becomes	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 others	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the code					valid property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	show	gerund · passive	the code not said here		others				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: to other=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The code may only be used by a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 code	det
2	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 used	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 used	aux:pass
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 parent	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	may · passive	a parent	the code					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

The code expires upon being read aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 code	det
2	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expires	nsubj
3	expires	expire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	6 read	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 read	aux:pass
6	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 expires	advcl
7	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	6 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expire	present	the code						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	read	gerund · passive	the code not said here					aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»

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