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Test 7 · ★ · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost

Mum: "Paying money and hoping for a prize? Call it a surprise all you like, it's still a gamble, sweetheart." What is she saying?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, you, money · What happens: pay, hope, call, like, be, say · To what, where: money, gamble · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Mum: "Paying money and hoping for a prize?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Paying	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Paying	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Paying	punct
4	Paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Paying	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hoping	cc
7	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 Paying	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 prize	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 prize	det
10	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hoping	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Paying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay in a quote	gerund	Mum	money					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset
2	hope in a quote	gerund	Mum not said here					for a prize	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for prize=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: Call it a surprise all you like, it's still a gamble, sweetheart."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Call	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 surprise	det
4	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	xcomp
5	all	all	ADV	_	7 like	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 like	nsubj
7	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Call	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gamble	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gamble	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 gamble	cop
11	still	still	ADV	_	13 gamble	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 gamble	det
13	gamble	gamble	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sweetheart	punct
15	sweetheart	sweetheart	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gamble	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 gamble	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 gamble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	money					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	like	present	you					all property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is a	present	money	a gamble and sweetheart			still		tree rules

Sentence 3: What is she saying?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 saying	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 saying	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saying	nsubj
4	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	Mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Changing the name doesn't change what it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 change	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 name	det
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Changing	obj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 change	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 change	advmod
6	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 change	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 what	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 what	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	gerund		the name					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
2	not change	present · do-support	Changing						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	name						tree rules

Option 2

Loot boxes are free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loot	loot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boxes	compound
2	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 free	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 free	cop
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Loot boxes					free property	tree rules

Option 3

Surprises are always bad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Surprises	surprise	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bad	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bad	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 bad	advmod
4	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Surprises					always, bad property	tree rules

Option 4

Gambling is only for adults with bank cards, so this can't be gambling

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gambling	gambling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adults	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 adults	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 adults	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 adults	case
5	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 cards	case
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cards	compound
8	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 adults	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gambling	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 gambling	advmod
11	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 gambling	nsubj
12	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 gambling	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 gambling	advmod
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 gambling	cop
15	gambling	gambling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adults	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gambling					for adults and gambling; with bank cards	tree rules
2	not is a	can	this	gambling					tree rules

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