Exam question 4 · «Free skins» and scams in games

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an offer to obtain free currency by unauthorised access to a game.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, obtain · To what, where: response, offer, free currency

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 offer	det
11	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 obtain	mark
13	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 concerning	advcl
14	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 currency	amod
15	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 obtain	obj
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 access	case
17	unauthorised	unauthorised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 access	amod
18	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 obtain	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 game	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 game	det
21	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 access	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a offer		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus offer=Experiencer
4	obtain	to-infinitive	the established facts not said here	free currency	by unauthorised access to a game	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset currency=Theme

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

Such offers are made exclusively by game staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 offers	amod
2	offers	offer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 made	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 staff	case
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 staff	compound
8	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive	game staff	Such offers				exclusively property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product

Option 2

The offer is lawful provided it is free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 offer	det
2	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lawful	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lawful	cop
4	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 free	nsubj
5	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lawful	acl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 provided	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 free	cop
8	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the offer		lawful property	tree rules
2	provide	participle		offer		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Theme
3	is	present	lawful		free property	tree rules

Option 3

The currency so obtained is entirely secure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 currency	det
2	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	nsubj
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 obtained	advmod
4	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 currency	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 secure	cop
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	7 secure	advmod
7	secure	secure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	participle		the currency not said here					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	is	present	the currency					entirely, secure property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The person offering may equally obtain unauthorised access to the recipient's account

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	nsubj
3	offering	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 person	acl
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 obtain	aux
5	equally	equally	ADV	_	6 obtain	advmod
6	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	unauthorised	unauthorised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 access	amod
8	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 account	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 recipient	det
11	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 account	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 recipient	case
13	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	offer	gerund	the person not said here			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	obtain	may	the person	unauthorised access	to the recipient's account; equally property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent access=Theme
3	account		the recipient			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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