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Test 4 · ★ · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost

His older sister: "Mate, that's how you lose £40 instead of £20." What would happen if Sam stopped now?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, older sister, Sam · What happens: be, lose, happen, stop

This is test 4 · ★ 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: His older sister: "Mate, that's how you lose £40 instead of £20."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lose	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 sister	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 sister	punct
6	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sister	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lose	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 how	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 how	cop
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 lose	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 lose	nsubj
12	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	£	£	SYM	_	12 lose	obj
14	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 £	nummod
15	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	17 £	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	15 instead	fixed
17	£	£	SYM	_	13 £	nmod
18	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 £	nummod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 lose	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 lose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	that					how property	tree rules
2	lose in a quote	present	His older sister and Mate						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=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 would happen if Sam stopped now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 stopped	mark
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stopped	nsubj
6	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 stopped	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop a condition, not said to happen	past	Sam				now		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He would lose no more than the £20 already gone

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 lose	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lose	aux
3	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	no	no	ADV	_	5 more	advmod
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 lose	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 £	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 £	det
8	£	£	SYM	_	5 more	obl
9	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 £	nummod
10	already	already	ADV	_	11 gone	advmod
11	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lose	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	would	He	more					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality
2	go	participle	He not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He would lose the £20 he already spent all over again

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 lose	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lose	aux
3	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 £	det
5	£	£	SYM	_	3 lose	obj
6	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 £	nummod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spent	nsubj
8	already	already	ADV	_	9 spent	advmod
9	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 £	acl:relcl
10	all	all	ADV	_	11 over	advmod
11	over	over	ADV	_	9 spent	advmod
12	again	again	ADV	_	3 lose	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	would	He				again		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Eventuality
2	spend	past	he					over property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He would get a free legendary skin for being loyal

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 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 skin	det
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 skin	amod
6	legendary	legendary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 skin	amod
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 loyal	case
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 loyal	cop
10	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	He	a free legendary skin					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Stimulus
2	is	gerund						loyal property	tree rules

Option 4

The game would notice and refund all of his money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 notice	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 notice	aux
4	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 refund	cc
6	refund	refund	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 notice	conj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 refund	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 money	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 money	nmod:poss
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	would	the game						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	refund	infinitive	the game not said here	all					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme

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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