Test 7 · In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem
Ruby: «gotta log in every day or I lose my rewards, ugh». Wise thought?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, my · What happens: lose, reward · To what, where: rewards
This is test 7 of lesson 412 «In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem» 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: Ruby: «gotta log in every day or I lose my rewards, ugh».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 log | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 log | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 log | punct |
| 4 | gotta | gotta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 log | compound |
| 5 | log | log | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 log | nmod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 lose | cc |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 lose | nsubj |
| 11 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 log | parataxis |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 rewards | nmod:poss |
| 13 | rewards | reward | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lose | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ugh | punct |
| 15 | ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 11 lose | discourse |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 ugh | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 log | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose in a quote | present | I | my rewards | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | reward in a quote | my | nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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: Wise thought?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 thought | amod |
| 2 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 thought | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
She must never miss a day, even when she's ill in bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 miss | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 miss | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 miss | advmod |
| 4 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 miss | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ill | punct |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 ill | advmod |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 ill | mark |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ill | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 ill | cop |
| 12 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 miss | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 bed | case |
| 14 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ill | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not miss | must | She | day | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | she | bed | ill property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
If a game makes you play out of worry, ask who's in charge
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 makes | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 ask | advcl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 worry | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 worry | case |
| 9 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 play | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 makes | punct |
| 11 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 charge | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 charge | cop |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 charge | case |
| 15 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ask | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make a condition, not said to happen | present | a game | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play out | infinitive | you not said here | worry | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worry=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present | charge | tree rules |
Option 3
She should play all night to get ahead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 play | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 play | aux |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 night | det |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 play | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 play | advcl |
| 8 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | should | She | night | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | She not said here | ahead property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
She should buy two passes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 buy | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 buy | aux |
| 3 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 passes | nummod |
| 5 | passes | pass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | should | She | two passes | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=Theme |
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