Test 11 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost"

A clever one: in 100 online matches against players of his level, Max wins about 50. What does that suggest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: clever one, that · What happens: win, suggest · To what, where: 50

This is test 11 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A clever one: in 100 online matches against players of his level, Max wins about 50.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wins	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 matches	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 matches	case
6	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 matches	nummod
7	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 matches	amod
8	matches	match	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
9	against	against	ADP	_	10 players	case
10	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 matches	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 level	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 level	nmod:poss
13	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 players	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wins	punct
15	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 wins	nsubj
16	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	about	about	ADV	_	18 50	advmod
18	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 wins	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 wins	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	a clever one in 100 online matches against players of his level	50					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 50=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: What does that suggest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 suggest	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suggest	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 suggest	nsubj
4	suggest	suggest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 suggest	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The game is rigged for him

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	4 rigged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rigged	aux:pass
4	rigged	rig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rigged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rig	present · passive		the game				for him = he	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The game is fair; he wins about as often as expected

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	4 fair	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	cop
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 wins	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wins	nsubj
7	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	parataxis
8	about	about	ADV	_	10 often	advmod
9	as	as	ADV	_	10 often	advmod
10	often	often	ADV	_	7 wins	advmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 expected	mark
12	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wins	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the game	fair property	tree rules
2	win	present	he	often property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	expect	participle	he not said here		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He should win every single match, so the game must be rigged against him

The tree, 14 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 win	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 win	aux
3	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 match	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 match	amod
6	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 win	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rigged	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 rigged	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rigged	nsubj:pass
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 rigged	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 rigged	aux:pass
13	rigged	rig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 win	parataxis
14	against	against	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 rigged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	should	He	every single match					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality
2	rig	must · passive		the game				against him = he	tree rules

Option 4

The game is rigged against him

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	4 rigged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rigged	aux:pass
4	rigged	rig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	against	against	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rigged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rig	present · passive		the game				against him = he	tree rules

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