Exam question 3 · «Free V-bucks» and other scams

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a message, bearing a friend's name, which solicits a gift card code?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: name, friend · What happens: follow, characteris, bear, solicit, name · To what, where: message, name, card code

This is exam question 3 of lesson 416 ««Free V-bucks» and other scams» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 message	det
10	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bearing	punct
12	bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 friend	det
14	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 name	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 friend	case
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bearing	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 solicits	punct
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 solicits	nsubj
19	solicits	solicit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 name	acl:relcl
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 code	det
21	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 card	compound
22	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 code	compound
23	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 solicits	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a message	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	bear	gerund		a friend's name		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
4	solicit	present	a friend's name	a card code		tree rules
5	name		a friend			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may originate from a person who has compromised the friend's 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 originate	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 originate	aux
3	originate	originate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 originate	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 compromised	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 compromised	aux
9	compromised	compromise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 person	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 friend	det
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 account	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 friend	case
13	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 compromised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	originate	may	It		from a person	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	compromise	present · perfect	a person	the friend's account		tree rules
3	account		the friend			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It may be answered in part without risk

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 answered	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 answered	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 answered	aux:pass
4	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 part	case
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answered	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 risk	case
8	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	may · passive		It		part		without risk	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

It constitutes an official communication from 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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 communication	det
4	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 communication	amod
5	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 game	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 game	det
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a official communication		the game			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme communication=Pivot

Option 4

It is necessarily genuine, the name being correct

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 genuine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 genuine	cop
3	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	4 genuine	advmod
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 correct	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 name	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 correct	nsubj
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 correct	cop
9	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 genuine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					genuine, necessarily property	tree rules
2	is	gerund	the name					correct property	tree rules

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