Test 5 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost"
Mum: "Oscar, you can see all ITS moves too. That's how chess works, darling." What would really help Oscar win?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, ITS, That, Oscar · What happens: see, move, be, help, win · To what, where: Oscar · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Mum: "Oscar, you can see all ITS moves too.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Oscar | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Oscar | punct |
| 4 | Oscar | Oscar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 see | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 see | aux |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 Oscar | acl:relcl |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 moves | det:predet |
| 10 | ITS | its | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 moves | nsubj |
| 11 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 see | ccomp |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 moves | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | can | you | Oscar not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | move in a quote | present | ITS = it | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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: That's how chess works, darling."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 works | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 works | cop |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 works | advmod |
| 4 | chess | chess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 works | nsubj |
| 5 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 darling | punct |
| 7 | darling | darling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 works | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 darling | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 darling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | work property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What would really help Oscar win?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 help | advmod |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | Oscar | Oscar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 help | obj |
| 6 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 help | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | Oscar | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent oscar=Beneficiary clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | win | infinitive | Oscar not said here | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Covering up the computer's pieces so it can't see them coming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covering | cover | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 coming | csubj |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Covering | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 computer | det |
| 4 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pieces | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 computer | case |
| 6 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Covering | obj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 see | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 see | nsubj |
| 9 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 see | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 see | advmod |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 coming | aux |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 see | obj |
| 13 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover up | gerund | the computer's pieces | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme piece=Destination | |||||
| 2 | come | infinitive | Covering | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Practice and learning simple tactics
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 learning | cc |
| 3 | learning | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Practice | conj |
| 4 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tactics | amod |
| 5 | tactics | tactic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 learning | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | gerund | simple tactics | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tactic=Topic |
Option 3
A different board colour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 colour | det |
| 2 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 colour | amod |
| 3 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 colour | compound |
| 4 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Playing faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Playing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | gerund | fast property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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