Test 5 · ★ · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost
Ellie's brother: "You tried it twice. That's not science, that's a vibe." What would a real test need?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, That · What happens: try, not be, be · To what, where: it, science, vibe
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Ellie's brother: "You tried it twice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ellie | case |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tried | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 tried | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 tried | punct |
| 6 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 tried | nsubj |
| 7 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tried | obj |
| 9 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 tried | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 tried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try in a quote | past | Ellie's brother | it | twice property | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: That's not science, that's a vibe."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 science | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 science | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 science | advmod |
| 4 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 vibe | punct |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 vibe | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 vibe | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 vibe | det |
| 9 | vibe | vibe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 science | parataxis |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 vibe | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 vibe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | That | science | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | a vibe | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What would a real test need?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 need | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 need | amod |
| 5 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 need | compound |
| 6 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Asking friends what they think
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Asking | obj |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 think | obj |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 think | nsubj |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Asking | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | friends | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | friends = friend | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
Option 2
Two more tries at midnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 tries | nummod |
| 2 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 tries | amod |
| 3 | tries | try | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 midnight | case |
| 5 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tries | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Hundreds of openings at different times, counted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hundreds | hundred | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 counted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 openings | case |
| 3 | openings | opening | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hundreds | nmod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 times | case |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 times | amod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 openings | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 counted | punct |
| 8 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | participle · passive | Hundreds of openings at different times | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
One try at midnight, then one try at noon, and compare the two
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 try | nummod |
| 2 | try | try | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 compare | nsubj:outer |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 midnight | case |
| 4 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 try | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 try | punct |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 try | advmod |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 try | nummod |
| 8 | try | try | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 try | appos |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 noon | case |
| 10 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 try | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 compare | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 compare | cc |
| 13 | compare | compare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 two | det |
| 15 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 compare | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compare | infinitive | One try at midnight | the two | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient |
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