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Test 3 · "I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy

Mum: "The odds are on the coconut's side, Gary. The coconut is winning. Give the boy a candyfloss." What does "candyfloss" mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: odds, coconut, you, candyfloss · What happens: be, win, give, mean · To what, where: side, candyfloss, boy

This is test 3 of lesson 171 «"I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy» of the world 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: Mum: "The odds are on the coconut's side, Gary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 side	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 side	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 odds	det
5	odds	odd	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 side	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 side	cop
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 side	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coconut	det
9	coconut	coconut	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 side	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 coconut	case
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Gary	punct
13	Gary	Gary	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 side	appos
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Mum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the odds			the coconut's side			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: The coconut is winning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coconut	det
2	coconut	coconut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 winning	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 winning	aux
4	winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 winning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present · progressive	the coconut						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Give the boy a candyfloss."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 candyfloss	det
5	candyfloss	candyfloss	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Give	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a candyfloss	the boy				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient candyfloss=Theme

Sentence 4: What does "candyfloss" mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 candyfloss	punct
4	candyfloss	candyfloss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mean	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 candyfloss	punct
6	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	candyfloss						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

A fairground prize toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 toy	det
2	fairground	fairground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prize	compound
3	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 toy	compound
4	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

A ticket for another throw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ticket	det
2	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 throw	case
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 throw	det
5	throw	throw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ticket	nmod

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

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

Cotton candy, a fluffy sweet at fairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 candy	compound
2	candy	candy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sweet	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sweet	det
5	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sweet	amod
6	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 candy	appos
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 fairs	case
8	fairs	fair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sweet	nmod

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

Option 4

A type of coconut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 type	det
2	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 coconut	case
4	coconut	coconut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 type	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	type			coconut					nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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