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Test 9 · ★ · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost

His dad: "So you bought a really rare thing you can't sell. Congratulations on your very expensive picture." What should Arjun have done first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, you, Arjun · What happens: buy, not sell, do · To what, where: rare thing

This is test 9 · ★ 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 dad: "So you bought a really rare thing you can't sell.

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 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bought	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 dad	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 bought	punct
5	So	so	ADV	_	7 bought	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 bought	nsubj
7	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thing	det
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 rare	advmod
10	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thing	amod
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bought	obj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 sell	nsubj
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 sell	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 sell	advmod
15	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 thing	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy in a quote	past	His dad	a rare thing					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	not sell in a quote	can	you	a rare thing not said here					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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: Congratulations on your very expensive picture."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Congratulations	congratulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	6 picture	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 picture	nmod:poss
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 expensive	advmod
5	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 picture	amod
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Congratulations	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Congratulations	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Congratulations	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What should Arjun have done first?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 done	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 done	aux
3	Arjun	Arjun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 done	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 done	aux
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 done	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should · perfect	Arjun					first property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Bought even more boxes to get a better one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 boxes	amod
2	even	even	ADV	_	4 boxes	advmod
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 boxes	amod
4	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 boxes	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	participle							vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	get	to-infinitive		a better one					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

Option 2

Sold it to a friend for cash straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Sold	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 friend	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sold	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 cash	case
7	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 friend	nmod
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	1 Sold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past		it	a friend for cash			away property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Recipient

Option 3

Asked a famous streamer to buy it from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 streamer	det
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 streamer	amod
4	streamer	streamer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asked	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 buy	mark
6	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Asked	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 buy	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past		a famous streamer					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent streamer=Recipient clause=Topic
2	buy not said to happen	to-infinitive	a famous streamer not said here	streamer				from him = he	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from he=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Checked the game's rules before spending

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rules	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 game	case
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Checked	obj
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 spending	case
7	spending	spending	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Checked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	past		the game's rules			before spending		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	rule		the game						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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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