Test 7 · ★ · Puzzles, money and video games

Why should a child not bet money on games, even small amounts?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: child · What happens: not bet · To what, where: money, games

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video 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	6 bet	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bet	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bet	nsubj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 bet	advmod
6	bet	bet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bet	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 games	case
9	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bet	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 amounts	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	13 amounts	advmod
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 amounts	amod
13	amounts	amount	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 games	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 bet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bet	should	a child	money		games and small amounts			vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Recipient

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

Small bets always win in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bets	amod
2	bets	bet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 win	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 win	advmod
4	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	Small bets				in the end	always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is not allowed for children and can become a harmful habit

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 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 become	cc
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 become	aux
9	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 habit	det
11	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 habit	amod
12	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		It				for children goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme for child=Goal
2	become	can		a harmful habit					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Betting is only wrong on board games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Betting	betting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 wrong	advmod
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 games	case
6	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 games	compound
7	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Betting			board games		wrong property	tree rules

Option 4

Money always makes the game more fun for everyone who plays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 makes	advmod
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 fun	advmod
7	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 fun	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 plays	nsubj
11	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 everyone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Money	the game				always property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Product
2	play	present							vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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