Test 6 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games

Why does handling the bank honestly in a board game matter, if it is only a game?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bank · What happens: handle, be · To what, where: bank, game matter, game

This is test 6 · ★ 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 handling	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 handling	aux
3	handling	handle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 handling	obj
6	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	3 handling	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 matter	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 matter	det
9	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 game	compound
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 matter	compound
11	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 handling	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 game	punct
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 game	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 game	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 game	cop
16	only	only	ADV	_	18 game	advmod
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 game	det
18	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 matter	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 handling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	present · do-support		the bank		a game matter and a game		honestly property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Theme
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	bank	a game					tree rules

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 money in the game is real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	3 money	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 money	det
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 real	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 game	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 money	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 real	cop
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the money in the game					real property	tree rules

Option 2

Because the banker always wins anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 wins	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 banker	det
3	banker	banker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wins	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 wins	advmod
5	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 wins	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	the banker					always, anyway property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Being trusted with something is a real test of honesty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 trusted	aux:pass
2	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 test	csubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 trusted	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 test	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 test	det
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 test	amod
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 honesty	case
10	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 test	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	gerund · passive						with something	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: with something=Theme
2	is a	present		a real test				of honesty	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It does not matter at all in a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 matter	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 game	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	It			all		in a game	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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