Test 8 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

A game lets you buy mystery chests for real money that might hold a rare sword. Which is TRUE?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: game, you, real money · What happens: let, buy, hold, be · To what, where: you, mystery chests, rare sword

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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 game lets you buy mystery chests for real money that might hold a rare sword.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lets	nsubj
3	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 lets	obj
5	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lets	xcomp
6	mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chests	compound
7	chests	chest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 buy	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 money	case
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 money	amod
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buy	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 hold	nsubj
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hold	aux
13	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 money	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 sword	det
15	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sword	amod
16	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hold	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	present	a game	you		tree rules
2	buy	infinitive	you not said here	mystery chests	for real money	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent chest=Theme for money=Beneficiary
3	hold	might	real money	a rare sword		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=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.

Sentence 2: Which is TRUE?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It works like gambling, and games make it exciting so you spend more

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	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 gambling	case
4	gambling	gambling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 make	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
7	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	nsubj
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 works	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	obj
10	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 make	xcomp
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 spend	advmod
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 spend	nsubj
13	spend	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 works	advcl
14	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 spend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	work	present	It		like gambling	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	games	gambling	exciting property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	spend	present	you	more		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset

Option 2

Mystery chests always give better items than shops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chests	compound
2	chests	chest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 give	advmod
4	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 items	amod
6	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 shops	case
8	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Mystery chests	better items				than shops; always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Theme

Option 3

You are sure to get the rare sword if you buy at least three chests in a row

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 sure	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sure	cop
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sure	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sword	det
7	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sword	amod
8	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 buy	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 buy	nsubj
11	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 least	case
13	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 three	nmod
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 chests	nummod
15	chests	chest	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 buy	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 row	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 row	det
18	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	You			sure property	tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive	You not said here	the rare sword			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sword=Stimulus
3	buy a condition, not said to happen	present	you	three chests	a row		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chest=Theme

Option 4

It is free because it is only 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	3 free	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 free	cop
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 game	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 game	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 game	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 game	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 free	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					free property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a game					tree rules

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