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# Exam question 2 · Account swaps and passwords: the door key of your game

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Whereas a message purporting to originate from a game moderator demands the immediate surrender of a password under threat of suspension, select the response consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** message, you · **What happens:** purport, originate, demand, select, establish, surrender · **To what, where:** game moderator, immediate surrender, response, password

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 411 «Account swaps and passwords: the door key of your game» 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/411-account-swaps-and-passwords/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e2:1
# text = Whereas a message purporting to originate from a game moderator demands the immediate surrender of a password under threat of suspension, select the response consistent with established guidance.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	purporting	purport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	originate	originate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	demands	demand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	surrender	surrender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	under	under	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	suspension	suspension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
23	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	amod	_	_
29	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purport** | gerund | a message *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **originate** | to-infinitive | a message *not said here* |  |  | a game moderator |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | present | a message | the immediate surrender of a password under threat of suspension |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme surrender=Precondition |
| 4 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 5 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 6 | **surrender** |  |  | a password under threat of suspension |  |  |  |  | nom surrender «feeling 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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The message ought to be forwarded to acquaintances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e2:o1:1
# text = The message ought to be forwarded to acquaintances
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	forwarded	forward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forward** | ought · passive |  | the message |  | acquaintances |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to acquaintance=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The password ought to be furnished without delay to avert suspension

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e2:o2:1
# text = The password ought to be furnished without delay to avert suspension
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	avert	avert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	suspension	suspension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | ought · passive |  | the password |  |  |  | without delay | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **avert** | to-infinitive |  | suspension |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The message ought to be treated as fraudulent and reported

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e2:o3:1
# text = The message ought to be treated as fraudulent and reported
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | ought · passive |  | the message |  |  |  | as fraudulent | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as fraudulent=Attribute |
| 2 | **report** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The password ought to be furnished in part only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e2:o4:1
# text = The password ought to be furnished in part only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | ought · passive |  | the password |  | part |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

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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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