Exam question 4 · In-game currency: coins and gems are real money

Identify the principal purpose of a countdown timer displayed upon an offer within a game.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal purpose, countdown timer · What happens: identify, display, purpose

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 displayed	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 timer	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 timer	det
7	countdown	countdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 timer	compound
8	timer	timer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
9	displayed	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 offer	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 offer	det
12	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 displayed	obl
13	within	within	ADP	_	15 game	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 game	det
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 displayed	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	display	past	the principal purpose of a countdown timer	upon a offer; within a game	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	purpose		a countdown timer		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

To guarantee that the offer shall never recur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 guarantee	mark
2	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 recur	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 offer	det
5	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recur	nsubj
6	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 recur	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 recur	advmod
8	recur	recur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 guarantee	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guarantee	to-infinitive							vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
2	not recur	shall	the offer						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To induce haste and thereby discourage consideration of the price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 induce	mark
2	induce	induce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induce	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 discourage	cc
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	6 discourage	advmod
6	discourage	discourage	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 induce	conj
7	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discourage	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 price	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 price	det
10	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consideration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	induce	to-infinitive	haste		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haste=Patient
2	discourage	infinitive	consideration of the price	thereby property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consideration=Experiencer
3	consider		the price		nom consideration «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

To inform the player of the time remaining before bedtime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 player	det
4	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 time	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 player	nmod
8	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 player	acl
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 bedtime	case
10	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		the player of the time					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent player=Recipient
2	remain	gerund	the player of the time not said here			bedtime			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before bedtime=Location

Option 4

To indicate the duration of play hitherto completed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 indicate	mark
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 duration	det
4	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 play	case
6	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 duration	nmod
7	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	_	8 completed	advmod
8	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	to-infinitive		the duration of play					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot duration=Topic
2	complete	participle						hitherto property	vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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