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Test 4 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games

A grandad lets his four-year-old granddaughter win at dominoes. What is this?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, old granddaughter, this · What happens: let, win, be · To what, where: dominoes

This is test 4 · ★ 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 grandad lets his four-year-old granddaughter win at dominoes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 grandad	det
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lets	nsubj
3	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 granddaughter	nmod:poss
5	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 year	nummod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 four	punct
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 old	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 year	punct
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 granddaughter	amod
10	granddaughter	granddaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 win	nsubj
11	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lets	parataxis
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 dominoes	case
13	dominoes	domino	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 win	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	a grandad						vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	win	present	grandad's old granddaughter			dominoes			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent at domino=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 this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 What	nsubj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Cheating that will spoil her forever and teach her to expect to win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoil	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 spoil	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 spoil	aux
4	spoil	spoil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spoil	obj
6	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 spoil	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 teach	cc
8	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 spoil	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 teach	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 expect	mark
11	expect	expect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 teach	xcomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 win	mark
13	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 expect	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	future	Cheating	her = she				forever property	tree rules
2	teach speech: other	infinitive	Cheating not said here		Cheating				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	expect	to-infinitive	Cheating not said here						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	win not said to happen	to-infinitive	Cheating not said here						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Proof that he is bad at dominoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 bad	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bad	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bad	cop
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Proof	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dominoes	case
7	dominoes	domino	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he	Proof not said here		dominoes		bad property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Kindness that keeps the game fun for a learner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Kindness	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fun	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fun	compound
6	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 learner	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 learner	det
9	learner	learner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Kindness	the game fun				for a learner	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A mistake he should apologise for

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mistake	det
2	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 apologise	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 apologise	aux
5	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 mistake	acl:relcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	5 apologise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apologise speech: apologize	should	he	a mistake not said here					tree rules

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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