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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the regulation of loot boxes. Exam question 4 of lesson 17 «Loot boxes and "free" skins» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Exam question 4 · Loot boxes and "free" skins

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the regulation of loot boxes.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, regulate · **To what, where:** response, regulation, loot boxes

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 17 «Loot boxes and "free" skins» of the money 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/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the regulation of loot boxes.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	regulation	regulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	loot	loot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the regulation of loot boxes |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus regulation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **regulate** |  |  | loot boxes |  |  |  |  | nom regulation «communication 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 {#o1}

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All countries have prohibited them without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e4:o1:1
# text = All countries have prohibited them without exception
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · perfect | all countries | them *= they* |  |  |  | without exception | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Certain countries have reportedly restricted them, and opinion remains divided

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e4:o2:1
# text = Certain countries have reportedly restricted them, and opinion remains divided
1	Certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	reportedly	reportedly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	restricted	restrict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	obl	_	_
11	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | present · perfect · passive |  | Certain countries |  |  |  | opinion remains *obl*; reportedly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **divide** | participle |  | opinion remains *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No government has ever considered their regulation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e4:o3:1
# text = No government has ever considered their regulation
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	regulation	regulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | present · perfect | no government | their regulation |  |  | ever |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent regulation=Attribute |
| 2 | **regulate** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom regulation «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are universally regarded as harmless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e4:o4:1
# text = They are universally regarded as harmless
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	universally	universally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | as harmless; universally *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as harmless=Value |

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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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