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title: Identify the principal distinction between blocking and reporting an… — The friend in the game you never met,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal distinction between blocking and reporting an online account. Exam question 4 of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» 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 4 · The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend

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Identify the principal distinction between blocking and reporting an online account.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal distinction · **What happens:** identify, block, report · **To what, where:** principal distinction, online account

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» 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/480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal distinction between blocking and reporting an online account.
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	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	blocking	block	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	reporting	report	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 distinction |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme |
| 2 | **block** | gerund | the principal distinction *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **report** | gerund | the principal distinction *not said here* | a online account |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=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 {#o1}

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Reporting prevents contact, whereas blocking has no effect whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e4:o1:1
# text = Reporting prevents contact, whereas blocking has no effect whatsoever
1	Reporting	reporting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	blocking	block	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | Reporting | contact |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer contact=Theme |
| 2 | **block** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **have** | present |  | no effect |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Blocking informs the police, whereas reporting deletes one's own account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e4:o2:1
# text = Blocking informs the police, whereas reporting deletes one's own account
1	Blocking	block	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	informs	inform	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	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	reporting	report	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	nsubj	_	_
8	deletes	delete	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | present |  | the police |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient |
| 3 | **report** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **delete** | present |  | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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There exists no distinction between the two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e4:o3:1
# text = There exists no distinction between the two
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present |  | no distinction |  | there |  | between the two | tree rules |

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

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Blocking prevents contact, whereas reporting informs the platform

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e4:o4:1
# text = Blocking prevents contact, whereas reporting informs the platform
1	Blocking	block	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	reporting	reporting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	informs	inform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **prevent** | present |  | contact |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer contact=Theme |
| 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | reporting | the platform |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent platform=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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