Test 3 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost"
Ben's mate: "Two out of fifty, that's always now, is it? Your maths is more rigged than the game." What is he mocking?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, maths, Ben · What happens: be, mock · To what, where: mate
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Ben's mate: "Two out of fifty, that's always now, is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ben | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Two | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Two | punct |
| 6 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 mate | appos |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 fifty | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 fifty | case |
| 9 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 Two | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 it | punct |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 it | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 it | cop |
| 13 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 14 now | advmod |
| 14 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 it | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 it | punct |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 it | cop |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 mate | conj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | that | mate | now | tree rules |
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: Your maths is more rigged than the game."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 maths | nmod:poss |
| 2 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rigged | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rigged | cop |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 rigged | advmod |
| 5 | rigged | rigged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 game | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 game | det |
| 8 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rigged | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rigged | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 rigged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your maths | than the game; rigged property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What is he mocking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mocking | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mocking | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mocking | nsubj |
| 4 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mocking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | present · progressive | Ben | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Penalties in real football
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penalties | penalty | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 football | case |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 football | amod |
| 4 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Penalties | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Ben being bad at his maths lessons, as well as at games
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bad | nsubj |
| 2 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 bad | cop |
| 3 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 lessons | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 lessons | nmod:poss |
| 6 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lessons | compound |
| 7 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bad | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 games | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 13 games | cc |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 as | fixed |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 as | fixed |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 games | case |
| 13 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bad | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | Ben | Ben's maths lessons | at games; bad property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Calling two out of fifty "always"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Calling | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 fifty | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 fifty | case |
| 5 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 two | nmod |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 always | punct |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 fifty | conj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 always | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | gerund | two | fifty | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent two=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Ben's football skills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 skills | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ben | case |
| 3 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 skills | compound |
| 4 | skills | skill | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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