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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises two-step authentication? Exam question 3 of lesson 411 «Account swaps and passwords: the door key of your game» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 3 · Account swaps and passwords: the door key of your game

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises two-step authentication?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** step authentication

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises two-step authentication?
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	8	obl	_	_
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	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	authentication	authentication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 |  | step authentication |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It renders a password insufficient on its own to obtain access

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e3:o1:1
# text = It renders a password insufficient on its own to obtain access
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | a password |  | password's own |  | insufficient *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent password=Theme |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | access |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset access=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It shortens the period for which a password is valid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e3:o2:1
# text = It shortens the period for which a password is valid
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shortens	shorten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	valid	valid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shorten** | present | It | the period |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent period=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | a password |  |  |  |  | for the period; valid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It renders a password unnecessary in all circumstances whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e3:o3:1
# text = It renders a password unnecessary in all circumstances whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | a password |  | all circumstances |  | unnecessary, whatsoever *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent password=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It permits third parties to share an account lawfully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:411-account-swaps-and-passwords:e3:o4:1
# text = It permits third parties to share an account lawfully
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	permits	permit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present | It | third parties |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive |  | a account |  |  |  | lawfully *property* | tree rules |

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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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