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title: Identify the principal reason for which purchases made within a game… — Spending money online without asking · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which purchases made within a game are to be regarded as expenditure of real money. Exam question 1 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 1 · Spending money online without asking

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Identify the principal reason for which purchases made within a game are to be regarded as expenditure of real money.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, purchases · **What happens:** identify, be, regard, expend · **To what, where:** principal reason, real money

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which purchases made within a game are to be regarded as expenditure of real money.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	purchases	purchase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | purchases |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; within a game; make *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **regard** | to-infinitive · passive | purchases *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as expenditure of real money | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: as expenditure=Value |
| 4 | **expend** |  |  | real money |  |  |  |  | nom expenditure «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are paid for by the game's developer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e1:o1:1
# text = They are paid for by the game's developer
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	developer	developer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay for** | present · passive | the game's developer | They |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such purchases are invariably refunded in full to the account holder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e1:o2:1
# text = Such purchases are invariably refunded in full to the account holder
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	purchases	purchase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	refunded	refund	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	holder	holder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refund** | present · passive |  | Such purchases | the account holder | full |  | invariably *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to holder=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The sums are debited from a genuine bank account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e1:o3:1
# text = The sums are debited from a genuine bank account
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	debited	debit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **debit** | present · passive |  | the sums |  | a genuine bank account |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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In-game currency has no monetary origin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e1:o4:1
# text = In-game currency has no monetary origin
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	currency	currency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
7	monetary	monetary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  | no monetary origin |  | game currency |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Patient |

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**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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