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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice designated «smurfing»? Exam question 1 of lesson 408 «Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 1 · Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice designated «smurfing»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** practice · **What happens:** follow, characteris, designate, smurf

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 408 «Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»» 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/408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice designated «smurfing»?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	designated	designate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	smurfing	smurf	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  |  |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | past | the practice |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **smurf** *in a quote* | gerund | the practice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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The abandonment of a match prior to its conclusion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e1:o1:1
# text = The abandonment of a match prior to its conclusion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** |  |  | a match |  |  |  | prior match's conclusion | nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient prior=obl |
| 2 | **conclude** |  | match |  |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The use of a new account by an experienced player to compete against novices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e1:o2:1
# text = The use of a new account by an experienced player to compete against novices
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	experienced	experienced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	compete	compete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
13	against	against	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	novices	novice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compete** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | against novices | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** |  | a experienced player | a new account |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sharing of an account between siblings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e1:o3:1
# text = The sharing of an account between siblings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The use of an unofficial program to obtain unlimited currency within the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e1:o4:1
# text = The use of an unofficial program to obtain unlimited currency within the game
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	currency	currency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	within	within	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | the use of a unofficial program | unlimited currency |  |  |  | within the game | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset currency=Theme |
| 2 | **use** |  |  | a unofficial program |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=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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