Exam question 3 · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning items obtained in many games.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, obtain · To what, where: response, concerning items, many games

This is exam question 3 of lesson 172 «Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost» of the world 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 items	amod
10	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 items	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 games	case
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 games	amod
14	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 obtained	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	obtain	participle		concerning items not said here	many games		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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 · ✓ the right answer

They frequently cannot be sold for real money

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	6 sold	nsubj:pass
2	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	6 sold	advmod
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 sold	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 sold	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 sold	aux:pass
6	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 money	case
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 money	amod
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sell	can · passive		They				for real money; frequently property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for money=Asset

Option 2

They increase in value with rarity in all cases

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	2 increase	nsubj
2	increase	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 value	case
4	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 rarity	case
6	rarity	rarity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cases	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 cases	det
9	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 increase	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	They			value		with rarity; in all cases	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They are invariably exchangeable for currency

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 exchangeable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exchangeable	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 exchangeable	advmod
4	exchangeable	exchangeable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 currency	case
6	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exchangeable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					for currency; exchangeable, invariably property	tree rules

Option 4

Their value is fixed by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 value	nmod:poss
2	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fixed	aux:pass
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 law	case
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present · passive	law	Their value					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	value		Their = they						nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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