Test 2 · ★★ · Cheating, rules and games

Your brother brags, "I moved my counter two squares when you weren't looking, so I won Monopoly, ha!" What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, you, best reply · What happens: brag, move, not look, win, be · To what, where: counter, Monopoly · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 44 «Cheating, rules and games» of the religion ethics 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: Your brother brags, "I moved my counter two squares when you weren't looking, so I won Monopoly, ha!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brags	nsubj
3	brags	brag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 moved	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 moved	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 moved	nsubj
7	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brags	ccomp
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 counter	nmod:poss
9	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moved	obj
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 squares	nummod
11	squares	square	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 moved	obj
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 looking	mark
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 looking	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 looking	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 looking	advmod
16	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 moved	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 won	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 won	advmod
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 won	nsubj
20	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brags	conj
21	Monopoly	Monopoly	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 won	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 ha	punct
23	ha	ha	INTJ	_	20 won	discourse
24	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 brags	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 brags	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	brag speech: other	present	Your brother		vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move in a quote	past	Your brother = brother	my counter	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent counter=Theme square=Result
3	not look in a quote	past · progressive	you		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	win in a quote	past	Your brother = brother	Monopoly	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monopoly=Eventuality

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 is the best reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Fine, I'll cheat even more next time to get you back, and then we're even

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cheat	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 cheat	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cheat	aux
5	cheat	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fine	parataxis
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 more	advmod
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 cheat	advmod
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cheat	obl:unmarked
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cheat	advcl
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 get	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 're	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 're	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 're	advmod
17	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 're	nsubj
18	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	conj
19	even	even	ADV	_	18 're	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	future	I				time		vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	get back	to-infinitive	I not said here	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Games don't have real rules, so it doesn't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rules	amod
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 matter	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 matter	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 matter	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 matter	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 matter	advmod
12	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present · do-support	Games	real rules					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
2	not matter	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Well done, being sneaky is part of every game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 done	advmod
2	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sneaky	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 done	punct
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sneaky	cop
5	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 part	amod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 part	cop
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	participle		well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund		sneaky property	tree rules
3	is a	present	sneaky part	of every game	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That's not a real win, the game only works if we both play by the rules

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 win	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 win	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 win	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 win	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 win	amod
6	win	win	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 works	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 game	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 win	conj
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 works	advmod
11	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 play	mark
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 play	nsubj
14	both	both	ADV	_	15 play	advmod
15	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 works	advcl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 rules	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rules	det
18	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	That	a real win and the game		tree rules
2	work	present	a real win and the game			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	play a condition, not said to happen	present	we		by the rules; both property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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