Test 2 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games
A boy beat a video game using cheat codes and tells his class he finished it fairly. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: beat, use, tell, finish, be · To what, where: video game, cheat codes, class · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 200 «Playing fair and cheating in games» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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.
The question
Sentence 1: A boy beat a video game using cheat codes and tells his class he finished it fairly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beat | nsubj |
| 3 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 5 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 game | compound |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beat | obj |
| 7 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 beat | advcl |
| 8 | cheat | cheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 codes | compound |
| 9 | codes | code | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 using | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 tells | cc |
| 11 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 beat | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 class | nmod:poss |
| 13 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tells | obj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 finished | nsubj |
| 15 | finished | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 tells | ccomp |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 finished | obj |
| 17 | fairly | fairly | ADV | _ | 15 finished | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 beat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past | a boy | a video game | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location game=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | gerund | a boy not said here | cheat codes | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Patient | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | present | a boy not said here | boy's class | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent class=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | finish | past | boy | class | fairly property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality |
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.
Sentence 2: What is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, since only he played it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 played | ccomp |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 6 played | mark |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 played | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 played | nsubj |
| 6 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 played | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | he | it | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Video games do not count as games
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 games | compound |
| 2 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 count | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 count | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 count | advmod |
| 5 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 games | case |
| 7 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | Video games | as games | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as game=Attribute |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Claiming the score as fair is a lie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiming | claim | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 lie | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 score | det |
| 3 | score | score | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Claiming | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 fair | case |
| 5 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Claiming | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 lie | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lie | det |
| 8 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | gerund | the score | as fair | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent score=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Claiming | a lie | tree rules |
Option 4
Using cheat codes alone is against the law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Using | use | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 law | csubj |
| 2 | cheat | cheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 codes | compound |
| 3 | codes | code | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Using | obj |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Using | advmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 law | cop |
| 6 | against | against | ADP | _ | 8 law | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 law | det |
| 8 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | gerund | cheat codes | alone property | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Using | against the law | tree rules |
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