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title: Identify the principal reason for which a website promising complime… — «Free V-bucks» and other scams · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a website promising complimentary in-game currency requests the user's password. Exam question 1 of lesson 416 ««Free V-bucks» and other scams» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 1 · «Free V-bucks» and other scams

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Identify the principal reason for which a website promising complimentary in-game currency requests the user's password.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, website · **What happens:** identify, promise, request · **To what, where:** principal reason, complimentary game currency, password

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 416 ««Free V-bucks» and other scams» 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/416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a website promising complimentary in-game currency requests the user's password.
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	15	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
9	promising	promise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	complimentary	complimentary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	currency	currency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
15	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | a website *not said here* | complimentary game currency |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent currency=Theme |
| 3 | **request** | present | a website | the user's password |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent password=Recipient |

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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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To verify the user's age in accordance with the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams:e1:o1:1
# text = To verify the user's age in accordance with the law
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	verify	verify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **verify** | to-infinitive |  | the user's age |  | accordance |  | with the law | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot age=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To deposit the promised currency more rapidly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams:e1:o2:1
# text = To deposit the promised currency more rapidly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	deposit	deposit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	currency	currency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deposit** | to-infinitive |  | the promised currency |  |  |  | rapidly *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent currency=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To register the user for a forthcoming competition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams:e1:o3:1
# text = To register the user for a forthcoming competition
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	register	register	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	forthcoming	forthcoming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **register** | to-infinitive |  | the user |  |  |  | for a forthcoming competition | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent user=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To obtain unauthorised control of the user's account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams:e1:o4:1
# text = To obtain unauthorised control of the user's account
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	unauthorised	unauthorised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | unauthorised control of the user's account |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset control=Theme |
| 2 | **account** |  | the user |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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