Test 3 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games

Why would agreeing on rules before a game prevent arguments?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: agree, prevent · To what, where: arguments

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 agreeing	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 agreeing	aux
3	agreeing	agree	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 rules	case
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 agreeing	obl
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 game	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 game	det
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 agreeing	obl
9	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 agreeing	conj
10	arguments	argument	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 prevent	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 agreeing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	would					before a game	on rules	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on rule=Topic
2	prevent	infinitive		arguments					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer argument=Theme

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

Option 1

Because the loser gets to choose new rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 gets	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 loser	det
3	loser	loser	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 choose	mark
6	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gets	xcomp
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rules	amod
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 choose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the loser						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	choose	to-infinitive	the loser not said here	new rules					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Option 2

Because games with rules are always boring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 boring	mark
2	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 boring	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 rules	case
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 games	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 boring	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 boring	advmod
7	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	games with rules					always, boring property	tree rules

Option 3

Because rules are only for the winners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	2 rules	case
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 winners	obl
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 winners	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 winners	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 winners	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winners	det
7	winners	winner	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						for the winners; because rules	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nobody can change them halfway to win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 change	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 change	aux
3	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 change	obj
5	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	3 change	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 win	mark
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 change	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	can	Nobody	them = they				halfway property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	win	to-infinitive	Nobody not said here						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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