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# Exam question 1 · «Free skins» and scams in games

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Identify the principal reason for which a person professing to be a moderator requests a user's password.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, profess, be, request · **To what, where:** principal reason, moderator, password

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 444 ««Free skins» and scams in games» 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/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a person professing to be a moderator requests a 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	14	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
9	professing	profess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	moderator	moderator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	advcl	_	_
14	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **profess** | gerund | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | a moderator |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **request** | present | a person | a 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 account in accordance with policy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games:e1:o1:1
# text = To verify the user's account in accordance with policy
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	account	account	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	_	10	case	_	_
10	policy	policy	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 account |  | accordance |  | with policy | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot account=Topic |
| 2 | **account** |  | the user |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To award the user a promotion in rank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games:e1:o2:1
# text = To award the user a promotion in rank
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	award	award	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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	promotion	promotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **award** | to-infinitive |  | the user |  | rank |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent user=Goal promotion=Theme |

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

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To obtain unauthorised control of the user's account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games:e1:o3:1
# 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 |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To protect the user from other players

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games:e1:o4:1
# text = To protect the user from other players
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protect	protect	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	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  | the user |  |  |  | from other players | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent user=Beneficiary from player=Theme |

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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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