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title: mates got a hack for the online game, gives free coins — Playing fair and cheating in games · tree and pragmatics
description: mates got a hack for the online game, gives free coins Test 12 · ★ of lesson 200 «Playing fair and cheating in games» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games

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mates got a hack for the online game, gives free coins

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mates · **What happens:** get, give · **To what, where:** hack, free coins

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 200 «Playing fair and cheating in games» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/200-cheating-in-games/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t12:1
# text = mates got a hack for the online game, gives free coins
1	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hack	hack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | mates | a hack |  |  |  | for the online game | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hack=Theme for game=Source |
| 2 | **give** | present | mates *not said here* | free coins |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Use it once, it's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t12:o1:1
# text = Use it once, it's fine
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | once *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Use it on someone else's account, so that yours can't get banned

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t12:o2:1
# text = Use it on someone else's account, so that yours can't get banned
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | someone's account |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **ban** | can · passive |  | yours |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **account** |  | someone |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Use it, everyone does

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t12:o3:1
# text = Use it, everyone does
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Don't use it; it's unfair, can ban you and may hide viruses

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t12:o4:1
# text = Don't use it; it's unfair, can ban you and may hide viruses
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	ban	ban	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
16	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **ban** | can |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer you=Theme |
| 4 | **hide** | may |  | viruses |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virus=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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