Test 8 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost" Jamal: "So it's rigged because the best people win? Bro just described sport." What is Jamal's point?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best people · What happens: rig, win, describe, be · To what, where: Jamal, sport, point
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Jamal: "So it's rigged because the best people win?
nsubj:pass punct punct advmod nsubj:pass aux:pass mark det amod nsubj advcl punct root Jamal PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT So ADV it PRON 's AUX rigged VERB because SCONJ the DET best ADJ people NOUN win VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jamal Jamal PROPN Number=Sing 7 rigged nsubj:pass 2 : : PUNCT _ 7 rigged punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 7 rigged punct 4 So so ADV _ 7 rigged advmod 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 rigged nsubj:pass 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 rigged aux:pass 7 rigged rig VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 because because SCONJ _ 12 win mark 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 people det 10 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 11 people amod 11 people people NOUN Number=Plur 12 win nsubj 12 win win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 rigged advcl 13 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 rigged punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 rig in a quote present · passive Jamal tree rules 2 win in a quote present the best people vn succeed-74-2 «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.
Sentence 2: Bro just described sport."
vocative advmod obj punct punct root Bro NOUN just ADV described VERB sport NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bro bro NOUN Number=Sing 3 described vocative 2 just just ADV _ 3 described advmod 3 described describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 3 described obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 described punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 described punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 describe past sport Bro vocative vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sport=Theme
Sentence 3: What is Jamal's point?
nsubj cop nmod:poss case punct root What PRON is AUX Jamal PROPN 's PART point NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 point nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 point cop 3 Jamal Jamal PROPN Number=Sing 5 point nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 Jamal case 5 point point NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 point punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Jamal's point tree rules
The options Option 1 Top players use cheats
amod nsubj obj root Top ADJ players NOUN use VERB cheats NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Top top ADJ Degree=Pos 2 players amod 2 players player NOUN Number=Plur 3 use nsubj 3 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 cheats cheat NOUN Number=Plur 3 use obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use present Top players cheats vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheat=Patient
Option 2 Sport is always rigged
nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod root Sport NOUN is AUX always ADV rigged VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 4 rigged nsubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 rigged aux:pass 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 4 rigged advmod 4 rigged rig VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 rig present · passive Sport always property tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Nobody can ever be the best at a game, so somebody must be cheating
The tree, 14 words nsubj aux advmod cop det case det obl punct advmod nsubj aux aux parataxis root Nobody PRON can AUX ever ADV be AUX the DET best ADJ at ADP a DET game NOUN , PUNCT so ADV somebody PRON must AUX be AUX cheating VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 best nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 best aux 3 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 6 best advmod 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 best cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 best det 6 best good ADJ Degree=Sup root root 7 at at ADP _ 9 game case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 game det 9 game game NOUN Number=Sing 6 best obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 cheating punct 11 so so ADV _ 15 cheating advmod 12 somebody somebody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 15 cheating nsubj 13 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 15 cheating aux 14 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 15 cheating aux 15 cheating cheat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 best parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is can Nobody a game ever good property tree rules 2 cheat must · progressive somebody vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Better players winning is how fair games work
amod nsubj acl cop advmod amod nsubj root Better ADJ players NOUN winning VERB is AUX how ADV fair ADJ games NOUN work VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 players amod 2 players player NOUN Number=Plur 8 work nsubj 3 winning win VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 players acl 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 work cop 5 how how ADV PronType=Int 8 work advmod 6 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 7 games amod 7 games game NOUN Number=Plur 8 work nsubj 8 work work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 win gerund Better players not said here vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present Better players work property tree rules
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