Test 13 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people

he won but he peeked at the cards lol. so hes better?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: win, peek · To what, where: better

This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 peeked	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 peeked	nsubj
5	peeked	peek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 won	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 cards	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cards	det
8	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 peeked	obl
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 peeked	discourse
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 won	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 better	advmod
12	hes	he	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 better	nsubj
13	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 won	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	he	better					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
2	peek	past	he					at the cards	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at card=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, a win is a win, no matter how you got it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 win	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 win	det
4	win	win	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 win	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 win	det
7	win	win	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 matter	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 matter	det
10	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	appos
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 got	advmod
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 got	nsubj
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 matter	acl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a win	a win					tree rules
2	get	past	you	win					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Only if nobody at the table saw him peek

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	7 saw	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 saw	mark
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 saw	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nobody	nmod
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	obj
9	peek	peek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 saw	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	nobody	him = he					tree rules
2	peek	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, winning by cheating shows nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 winning	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 winning	punct
3	winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 shows	csubj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 cheating	case
5	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 winning	obl
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 shows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	gerund						by cheating	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	show	present	winning	nothing					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, peeking takes real skill and fast eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 peeking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	peeking	peek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 skill	amod
6	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eyes	cc
8	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 eyes	amod
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 skill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peek	gerund							vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	take	present		real skill and fast eyes					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Theme

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