Exam question 4 · Loot boxes and "free" skins

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the regulation of loot boxes.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, regulate · To what, where: response, regulation, loot boxes

This is exam question 4 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 regulation	det
11	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 boxes	case
13	loot	loot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 boxes	compound
14	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 regulation	nmod
15	.	.	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	the regulation of loot boxes		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus regulation=Experiencer
4	regulate			loot boxes		nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

All countries have prohibited them without exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 countries	det
2	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prohibited	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 exception	case
7	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · perfect	all countries	them = they				without exception	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme

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

Certain countries have reportedly restricted them, and opinion remains divided

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 countries	amod
2	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 restricted	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 restricted	aux
4	reportedly	reportedly	ADV	_	5 restricted	advmod
5	restricted	restrict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 restricted	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 remains	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 remains	cc
9	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remains	compound
10	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 restricted	obl
11	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 remains	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	present · perfect · passive		Certain countries				opinion remains obl; reportedly property	tree rules
2	divide	participle		opinion remains not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

No government has ever considered their regulation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 government	det
2	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 considered	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 considered	aux
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 considered	advmod
5	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 regulation	nmod:poss
7	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 considered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consider	present · perfect	no government	their regulation			ever		vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent regulation=Attribute
2	regulate		their = they						nom regulation «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They are universally regarded as harmless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 regarded	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 regarded	aux:pass
3	universally	universally	ADV	_	4 regarded	advmod
4	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 harmless	case
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		They				as harmless; universally property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as harmless=Value

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