Exam question 3 · «Free skins» and scams in games

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a message, purportedly from a friend, whose wording is inconsistent with the friend's habits?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wording · What happens: follow, characteris, be · To what, where: message

This is exam question 3 of lesson 444 ««Free skins» and scams in games» 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	_	15 friend	punct
12	purportedly	purportedly	ADV	_	15 friend	advmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 friend	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 friend	det
15	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 inconsistent	punct
17	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	18 wording	nmod:poss
18	wording	wording	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 inconsistent	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 inconsistent	cop
20	inconsistent	inconsistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 friend	conj
21	with	with	ADP	_	25 habits	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 friend	det
23	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 habits	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 friend	case
25	habits	habit	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 inconsistent	obl
26	?	?	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	is	present	wording		with the friend's habits; inconsistent property	tree rules

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 should be acted upon without delay

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 acted	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 acted	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 acted	aux:pass
4	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 acted	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 delay	case
7	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	should · passive		It				without delay	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← 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 3

It constitutes an official notice 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 notice	det
4	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 notice	amod
5	notice	notice	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	5 notice	nmod

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

Option 4

It is certainly genuine, the friend's name and picture being displayed above it

The tree, 14 words

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	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	4 genuine	advmod
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 name	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 friend	case
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 displayed	nsubj:pass
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 picture	cc
11	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	conj
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 displayed	aux:pass
13	displayed	display	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 genuine	ccomp
14	above	above	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 displayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			certainly, genuine property	tree rules
2	display	gerund · passive		the friend's name and picture	picture		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	name		the friend				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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