Test 2 · ★★★ · Loot boxes and the surprise trap
Leo: «fruit machine for kids? that's well dramatic, dad». What's the point his dad made?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, point, dad · What happens: be, make · To what, where: point
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 413 «Loot boxes and the surprise trap» 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: Leo: «fruit machine for kids? that's well dramatic, dad».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 dramatic | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 machine | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 machine | punct |
| 4 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 machine | compound |
| 5 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leo | appos |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 kids | case |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 machine | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leo | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 dramatic | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 dramatic | cop |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 dramatic | advmod |
| 12 | dramatic | dramatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 dad | punct |
| 14 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 dramatic | vocative |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 dad | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 dramatic | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Leo | dad vocative; dramatic, well property | 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.
Sentence 2: What's the point his dad made?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 point | det |
| 4 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 dad | nmod:poss |
| 6 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | nsubj |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 point | acl:relcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the point | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | participle | Leo's dad | the point not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Fruit machines are fine for kids, so loot boxes are too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 machines | compound |
| 2 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 kids | case |
| 6 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fine | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 are | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 are | advmod |
| 9 | loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 boxes | compound |
| 10 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 are | nsubj |
| 11 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | parataxis |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 are | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Fruit machines | for kids; fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | does | present | loot boxes | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Paying for a random chance at a prize is like gambling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paying | pay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 gambling | csubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 chance | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 chance | det |
| 4 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chance | amod |
| 5 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Paying | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 prize | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 prize | det |
| 8 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Paying | obl |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 gambling | cop |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 gambling | case |
| 11 | gambling | gambling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | gerund | a prize | for a random chance | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for chance=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Paying | like gambling | tree rules |
Option 3
Loot boxes are full of real fruit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boxes | compound |
| 2 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 full | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 full | cop |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 fruit | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fruit | amod |
| 7 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Loot boxes | of real fruit; full property | tree rules |
Option 4
Only grown-ups can open loot boxes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ups | advmod |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 open | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 open | aux |
| 6 | open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 boxes | compound |
| 8 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 open | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | open | can | grown ups | loot boxes | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location box=Theme |
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