Exam question 1 · Loot boxes and "free" skins

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "loot box"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: loot box

This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Loot boxes and "free" skins» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 box	det
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 box	punct
11	loot	loot	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 box	compound
12	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 box	punct
14	?	?	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		a loot box				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 · ← Mova's choice

A prize furnished without charge to every player

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 2

A parcel of physical goods dispatched by post

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 parcel	det
2	parcel	parcel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 goods	case
4	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 goods	amod
5	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 parcel	nmod
6	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 parcel	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 post	case
8	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dispatched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispatch	participle		a parcel of physical goods not said here				by post	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A purchasable article within a game, the contents of which are unknown prior to payment

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 article	det
2	purchasable	purchasable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 article	amod
3	article	article	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 article	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 contents	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 contents	det
9	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 article	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 unknown	obl
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 unknown	cop
13	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 contents	acl:relcl
14	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 payment	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 prior	fixed
16	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 unknown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of the contents; prior payment; unknown property	tree rules

Option 4

A receptacle for the storage of coins within the home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 receptacle	det
2	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 storage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 storage	det
5	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receptacle	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 coins	case
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 storage	nmod
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 home	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 home	det
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receptacle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store			coins					nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient

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