Test 3 · ★ · Swaps and barter in the playground

Ollie reckons "if it's 2 for 1, I always win cos I get the rare one." Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie, it, I · What happens: reckon, be, win, get · To what, where: 2, rare one

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 4 «Swaps and barter in the playground» 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: Ollie reckons "if it's 2 for 1, I always win cos I get the rare one."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 2	punct
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 2	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 2	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 2	cop
7	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 reckons	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 1	case
9	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 2	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 win	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 win	nsubj
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 win	advmod
13	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	conj
14	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	16 get	mark
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 get	nsubj
16	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 win	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 one	det
18	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 one	amod
19	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 get	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Ollie			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	it	2	for 1	tree rules
3	win in a quote	present	I		always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	get in a quote	present	I	the rare one		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

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: Is he 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Not always, the "rare" one might be common and he loses a card

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 always	advmod
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 common	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 always	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 one	det
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 rare	punct
6	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 one	amod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 rare	punct
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 common	nsubj
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 common	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 common	cop
11	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 loses	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 loses	nsubj
14	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 common	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 card	det
16	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might	the rare one					always, common property	tree rules
2	lose	present	he	a card					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, swaps can never be fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 fair	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	swaps	swap	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fair	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fair	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 fair	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 fair	cop
7	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	can	swaps					fair property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, 1 card is always worth more than 2

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 worth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 card	nummod
4	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worth	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 worth	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 worth	advmod
7	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	10 2	advmod
9	than	than	ADP	_	8 more	fixed
10	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 worth	obj

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

Option 4

Yes, getting the rare one always means you win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 getting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 means	csubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 getting	obj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 means	advmod
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 win	nsubj
10	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	gerund		the rare one		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
2	mean	present	getting		always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	win	present	you			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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