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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the inference d… — Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the inference drawn from a streamer's video displaying numerous rare cards? Exam question 4 of lesson 172 «Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 4 · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the inference drawn from a streamer's video displaying numerous rare cards?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** video · **What happens:** follow, characteris, draw, display · **To what, where:** inference, numerous rare cards

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 172 «Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost» of the world 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/world/172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:e4:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the inference drawn from a streamer's video displaying numerous rare cards?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	inference	inference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	streamer	streamer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	displaying	display	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 |  | the inference |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **draw** | participle |  | the inference *not said here* |  |  |  | from a streamer's video | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from video=Co-Patient |
| 4 | **display** | gerund | a streamer's video *not said here* | numerous rare cards |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme |

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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 rests upon a selection of successes and omits the failures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:e4:o1:1
# text = It rests upon a selection of successes and omits the failures
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	selection	selection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	successes	success	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	omits	omit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	failures	failure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | present | It |  |  | a selection of successes |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon selection=Location |
| 2 | **omit** | present |  | the failures |  |  |  |  | vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent failure=Theme |
| 3 | **select** |  |  | successes |  |  |  |  | nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a representative sample of all openings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:e4:o2:1
# text = It is a representative sample of all openings
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	representative	representative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sample	sample	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	openings	opening	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a representative sample |  |  |  | of all openings | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It establishes the published drop chances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:e4:o3:1
# text = It establishes the published drop chances
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	establishes	establish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chances	chance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present | It | the published drop chances |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient |
| 2 | **publish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a controlled experiment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:e4:o4:1
# text = It is a controlled experiment
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	controlled	control	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	experiment	experiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **control** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a controlled experiment |  |  |  |  | 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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