Exam question 4 · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost

Which of the following most accurately characterises the inference drawn from a streamer's video displaying numerous rare cards?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: video · What happens: follow, characteris, draw, display · To what, where: inference, numerous rare cards

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 inference	det
9	inference	inference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 inference	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	15 video	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 streamer	det
13	streamer	streamer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 video	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 streamer	case
15	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drawn	obl
16	displaying	display	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 video	acl
17	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 cards	amod
18	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 cards	amod
19	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 displaying	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the inference	accurately property	tree rules
3	draw	participle		the inference not said here	from a streamer's video	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from video=Co-Patient
4	display	gerund	a streamer's video not said here	numerous rare cards		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme

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

It rests upon a selection of successes and omits the failures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rests	nsubj
2	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 selection	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 selection	det
5	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rests	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 successes	case
7	successes	success	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 selection	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 omits	cc
9	omits	omit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rests	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 failures	det
11	failures	failure	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 omits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	rest	present	It		a selection of successes	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon selection=Location
2	omit	present		the failures		vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent failure=Theme
3	select			successes		nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It is a representative sample of all openings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sample	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sample	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sample	det
4	representative	representative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sample	amod
5	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 openings	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 openings	det
8	openings	opening	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sample	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a representative sample				of all openings	tree rules

Option 3

It establishes the published drop chances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 establishes	nsubj
2	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chances	det
4	published	publish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 chances	amod
5	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chances	compound
6	chances	chance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 establishes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	present	It	the published drop chances					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient
2	publish	participle							vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is a controlled experiment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 experiment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 experiment	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 experiment	det
4	controlled	control	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 experiment	amod
5	experiment	experiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	control	participle							vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	It	a controlled experiment					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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