Test 4 · ★★ · Loot boxes and "free" skins

Grace's dad explains "1% chance". She says "so if I buy 100, I definitely get it." Is she right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Grace · What happens: explain, say, buy, get, be · To what, where: % chance, 100, chance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 17 «Loot boxes and "free" skins» of the money 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: Grace's dad explains "1% chance".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grace	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explains	nsubj
4	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 chance	punct
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 %	nummod
7	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	8 chance	compound
8	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explains	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 chance	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present	Grace's dad	% chance					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Topic

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: She says "so if I buy 100, I definitely get it."

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	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 buy	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 buy	nsubj
7	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 get	advcl
8	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 buy	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 buy	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
11	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grace			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	buy a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Grace	100		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 100=Theme
3	get in a quote	present	Grace	chance	definitely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Sentence 3: Is she right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADV	_	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, because the 100th box is always the rare one by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 one	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 box	det
5	100th	100th	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 box	compound
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 one	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 one	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 one	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 law	case
13	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the 100th box	the rare one				by law; always property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's about 100 on average, but never certain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 100	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 100	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 100	cop
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 100	advmod
6	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 average	case
8	average	average	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 100	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 certain	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 certain	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 certain	advmod
12	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 100	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	100		average		about property	tree rules
2	not be								tree rules

Option 3

Yes, and maybe twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 twice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 twice	cc
4	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	5 twice	advmod
5	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

No, 1% means it never happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
3	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 %	nummod
4	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 happens	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 happens	advmod
8	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not happen	present	it						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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