Test 9 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost" Brother: "The dice decided, Harper. Unless you think I'm controlling dice with my brain." What would be a fair check?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Brother, you, I · What happens: decide, think, control, be · To what, where: Harper, dice, fair check · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Brother: "The dice decided, Harper.
nsubj punct punct det nsubj punct obj punct root Brother NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT The DET dice NOUN decided VERB , PUNCT Harper PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 6 decided nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Brother punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 decided punct 4 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dice det 5 dice die NOUN Number=Plur 6 decided nsubj 6 decided decide VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 Harper punct 8 Harper Harper PROPN Number=Sing 6 decided obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 decided punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 decide in a quote past Brother Harper vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent harper=Topic
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: Unless you think I'm controlling dice with my brain."
mark nsubj nsubj aux ccomp obj case nmod:poss obl punct punct root Unless SCONJ you PRON think VERB I PRON 'm AUX controlling VERB dice NOUN with ADP my PRON brain NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unless unless SCONJ _ 3 think mark 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 think nsubj 3 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 controlling nsubj 5 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 controlling aux 6 controlling control VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 think ccomp 7 dice die NOUN Number=Plur 6 controlling obj 8 with with ADP _ 10 brain case 9 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 brain nmod:poss 10 brain brain NOUN Number=Sing 6 controlling obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 think punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 3 think punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present you vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 control present · progressive I dice with my brain vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent die=Theme
Sentence 3: What would be a fair check?
aux cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON would AUX be AUX a DET fair ADJ check NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 check aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 check cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 check det 5 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 6 check amod 6 check check NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a would a fair check tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Give Harper all the best streets so that it's fair this time round
iobj det:predet det amod iobj mark fixed expl cop amod det obl advmod root Give VERB Harper PROPN all DET the DET best ADJ streets NOUN so SCONJ that SCONJ it PRON 's AUX fair ADJ this DET time NOUN round ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 Harper Harper PROPN Number=Sing 1 Give iobj 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 streets det:predet 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 streets det 5 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 6 streets amod 6 streets street NOUN Number=Plur 1 Give iobj 7 so so SCONJ ExtPos=SCONJ 11 fair mark 8 that that SCONJ _ 7 so fixed 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 fair expl 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 fair cop 11 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 13 time amod 12 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 13 time det 13 time time NOUN Number=Sing 1 Give obl 14 round round ADV _ 13 time advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give imperative you not said here all best streets time vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent harper=Recipient street=Theme 2 is present fair property tree rules
Option 2 Remove the dice from the game
det obj case det obl root Remove VERB the DET dice NOUN from ADP the DET game NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Remove remove VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 dice det 3 dice dice NOUN Number=Sing 1 Remove obj 4 from from ADP _ 6 game case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 game det 6 game game NOUN Number=Sing 1 Remove obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 remove imperative you not said here the dice the game vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dice=Theme from game=Source
Option 3 Let Harper be the banker and roll for everyone
obj xcomp det nsubj cc conj case nmod root Let VERB Harper PROPN be VERB the DET banker NOUN and CCONJ roll NOUN for ADP everyone PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 Harper Harper PROPN Number=Sing 1 Let obj 3 be be VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Let xcomp 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 banker det 5 banker banker NOUN Number=Sing 3 be nsubj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 roll cc 7 roll roll NOUN Number=Sing 5 banker conj 8 for for ADP _ 9 everyone case 9 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 banker nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 let imperative you not said here Harper tree rules 2 be infinitive the banker for everyone and roll vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Watch the banker's money, since squares are luck
det nmod:poss case obj punct case nsubj cop parataxis root Watch VERB the DET banker NOUN 's PART money NOUN , PUNCT since ADP squares NOUN are AUX luck NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Watch watch VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 banker det 3 banker banker NOUN Number=Sing 5 money nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 banker case 5 money money NOUN Number=Sing 1 Watch obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 luck punct 7 since since ADP _ 10 luck case 8 squares square NOUN Number=Plur 10 luck nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 luck cop 10 luck luck NOUN Number=Sing 1 Watch parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 watch imperative you not said here the banker's money vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme 2 is present squares since luck tree rules
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