Exam question 1 · In-game currency: coins and gems are real money

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises in-game currency?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: game currency

This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «In-game currency: coins and gems are real money» of the money 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	in	in	ADP	_	12 currency	case
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 in	punct
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 currency	compound
12	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present				game currency		of the following statements; accurately 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

A currency furnished without charge to all players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 currency	det
2	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 currency	acl
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 charge	case
5	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 furnished	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 players	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 players	det
8	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 furnished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	participle		a currency not said here	all players			without charge	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to player=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A notional currency within a game, acquired in exchange for real money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 currency	det
2	notional	notional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 currency	amod
3	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 game	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 currency	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 acquired	punct
8	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 currency	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 exchange	case
10	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acquired	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 money	case
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 money	amod
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 exchange	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	participle		a notional currency within a game not said here		exchange for real money			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A currency which may invariably be redeemed for cash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 currency	det
2	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 redeemed	nsubj:pass
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 redeemed	aux
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	7 redeemed	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 redeemed	aux:pass
7	redeemed	redeem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 currency	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 cash	case
9	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 redeemed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	redeem	may · passive		a currency				for cash; invariably property	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for cash=Beneficiary

Option 4

A currency issued by the central bank for use in games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 currency	det
2	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 currency	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 bank	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
6	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bank	amod
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 issued	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 use	case
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 issued	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 games	case
11	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	participle		a currency not said here				by the central bank; for use in games	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by bank=Location

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