Test 2 · ★ · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost
Her brother: "So I should just buy the third pack first? Galaxy brain." Why is that funny?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, that · What happens: buy, be · To what, where: third pack
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 172 «Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost» 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: Her brother: "So I should just buy the third pack first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 brother | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 buy | punct |
| 5 | So | so | ADV | _ | 9 buy | advmod |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 buy | nsubj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 buy | aux |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 buy | advmod |
| 9 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 brother | appos |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 pack | det |
| 11 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 pack | amod |
| 12 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 buy | obj |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 buy | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 brother | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy in a quote | should | I | the third pack | first property | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pack=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.
Sentence 2: Galaxy brain."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galaxy | Galaxy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 brain | compound |
| 2 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 brain | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 brain | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Why is that funny?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 funny | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 funny | cop |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 funny | nsubj |
| 4 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 funny | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | funny property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Third packs are really cheaper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 packs | amod |
| 2 | packs | pack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cheaper | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cheaper | cop |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 cheaper | advmod |
| 5 | cheaper | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Third packs | cheap property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The "third" pack is just whichever pack you open third
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pack | det |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 third | punct |
| 3 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 pack | amod |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 third | punct |
| 5 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 open | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 pack | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 pack | advmod |
| 8 | whichever | whichever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 pack | nsubj |
| 9 | pack | pack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pack | acl:relcl |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 open | nsubj |
| 11 | open | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | third | third | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 open | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | whichever | pack property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | open | present | the third pack | third property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Galaxy packs are rarer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galaxy | galaxy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 packs | compound |
| 2 | packs | pack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rarer | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rarer | cop |
| 4 | rarer | rare | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Galaxy packs | rare property | tree rules |
Option 4
He really thinks it would work
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 | 3 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 thinks | advmod |
| 3 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 work | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 work | aux |
| 6 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 thinks | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | He | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | work | would | it | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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