Test 10 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost"

What would happen if Finn watched the replay before shouting?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Finn · What happens: happen, watch, shout · To what, where: replay

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 173 «"The game is rigged because I lost"» 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

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 watched	mark
5	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 watched	nsubj
6	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 replay	det
8	replay	replay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 watched	obj
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 shouting	mark
10	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 watched	advcl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch a condition, not said to happen	past	Finn	the replay	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent replay=Theme
3	shout speech: express	gerund	Finn not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

The options

Option 1

He'd find a secret speed boost

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 find	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 find	aux
3	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boost	det
5	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boost	amod
6	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boost	compound
7	boost	boost	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	would	He	a secret speed boost					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boost=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He'd see his crash and not blame the game

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 see	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 crash	nmod:poss
5	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blame	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 blame	advmod
8	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 see	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blame	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	would	He	his crash	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crash=Stimulus
2	not blame	infinitive	He not said here	the game	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
3	crash		his = he		nom crash «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He'd see the other car cheat by taking a secret shortcut through the wall

The tree, 15 words

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 see	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cheat	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cheat	amod
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cheat	compound
7	cheat	cheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 taking	mark
9	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 see	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shortcut	det
11	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shortcut	amod
12	shortcut	shortcut	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taking	obj
13	through	through	ADP	_	15 wall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wall	det
15	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	would	He	the other car cheat					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cheat=Stimulus
2	take	gerund	He not said here	a secret shortcut		the wall			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shortcut=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The replay would show the game froze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 replay	det
2	replay	replay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 froze	nsubj
7	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	would	the replay						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	freeze	past	the game						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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