Test 6 · ★ · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost
His cousin: "Hot streak? You've been cold for 40 boxes, bro. Freezer streak." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: be
This is test 6 · ★ 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 cousin: "Hot streak?
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 | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 streak | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 streak | punct |
| 5 | Hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 streak | amod |
| 6 | streak | streak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cousin | conj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 cousin | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: You've been cold for 40 boxes, bro.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 cold | nsubj |
| 2 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cold | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 cold | cop |
| 4 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 boxes | case |
| 6 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 boxes | nummod |
| 7 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cold | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bro | punct |
| 9 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 boxes | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present · perfect | You | for 40 boxes and bro; cold property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Freezer streak."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freezer | freezer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 streak | compound |
| 2 | streak | streak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 streak | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 streak | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The game turned off his luck
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 | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 turned | compound:prt |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 luck | nmod:poss |
| 6 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | past | the game | game's luck | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent luck=Patient |
Option 2
Hot streaks always last ten boxes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 streaks | amod |
| 2 | streaks | streak | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 boxes | advmod |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 boxes | amod |
| 5 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 boxes | nummod |
| 6 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 streaks | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Cold streaks mean a win is due very soon, so he should keep going
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 streaks | amod |
| 2 | streaks | streak | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 mean | nsubj |
| 3 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 win | det |
| 5 | win | win | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 due | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 due | cop |
| 7 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 3 mean | ccomp |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 soon | advmod |
| 9 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 due | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 keep | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 keep | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 keep | nsubj |
| 13 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 keep | aux |
| 14 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 mean | parataxis |
| 15 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Cold streaks | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a win | due, soon property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | keep | should | he | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | go | gerund | he not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Two lucky boxes didn't change the next box's chance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 boxes | nummod |
| 2 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 boxes | amod |
| 3 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 change | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 change | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 change | advmod |
| 6 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 box | det |
| 8 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 box | amod |
| 9 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 chance | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 box | case |
| 11 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | past · do-support | Two lucky boxes | the next box's chance | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | ||||
| 2 | chance | the next box | nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
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