Exam question 4 · «Free V-bucks» and other scams

Determine which of the following does NOT constitute a recognised indication of fraud.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, follow, not constitute, recognise, indicate · To what, where: recognised indication, fraud

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 constitute	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 constitute	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 constitute	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 constitute	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 constitute	aux
7	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 constitute	advmod
8	constitute	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Determine	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 indication	det
10	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 indication	amod
11	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 constitute	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 fraud	case
13	fraud	fraud	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 indication	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not constitute	present · do-support		a recognised indication of fraud	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme indication=Pivot
4	recognise	participle			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	indicate			fraud	nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

That the offer is made through an official shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 offer	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 offer	det
3	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 shop	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shop	det
8	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shop	amod
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		that offer		a official shop			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

That the recipient is pressed to act at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 recipient	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 recipient	det
3	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pressed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pressed	aux:pass
5	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 act	mark
7	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 pressed	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 act	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	present · passive		that recipient					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	act	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

That the recipient is requested to maintain secrecy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 recipient	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 recipient	det
3	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requested	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 requested	aux:pass
5	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 maintain	mark
7	maintain	maintain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 requested	xcomp
8	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 maintain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	present · passive		that recipient					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	maintain	to-infinitive		secrecy					vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent secrecy=Theme

Option 4

That the offer appears too favourable to be true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 offer	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 offer	det
3	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appears	nsubj
4	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 favourable	advmod
6	favourable	favourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 appears	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	9 true	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 true	cop
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 favourable	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	present	that offer					favourable property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	that offer not said here					true property	tree rules

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