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title: A grandad lets his four-year-old granddaughter win at dominoes. What… — Playing fair and cheating in games · tree and pragmatics
description: A grandad lets his four-year-old granddaughter win at dominoes. What is this? Test 4 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games

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A grandad lets his four-year-old granddaughter win at dominoes. What is this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandad, old granddaughter, this · **What happens:** let, win, be · **To what, where:** dominoes

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A grandad lets his four-year-old granddaughter win at dominoes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t4:1
# text = A grandad lets his four-year-old granddaughter win at dominoes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	granddaughter	granddaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dominoes	domino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | a grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **win** | present | grandad's old granddaughter |  |  | dominoes |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent at domino=Eventuality |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t4:2
# text = What is this?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cheating that will spoil her forever and teach her to expect to win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t4:o1:1
# text = Cheating that will spoil her forever and teach her to expect to win
1	Cheating	cheating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	spoil	spoil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	expect	expect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spoil** | future | Cheating | her *= she* |  |  |  | forever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | infinitive | Cheating *not said here* |  | Cheating |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **expect** | to-infinitive | Cheating *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cheating *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Proof that he is bad at dominoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t4:o2:1
# text = Proof that he is bad at dominoes
1	Proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dominoes	domino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he | Proof *not said here* |  | dominoes |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Kindness that keeps the game fun for a learner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t4:o3:1
# text = Kindness that keeps the game fun for a learner
1	Kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	learner	learner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Kindness | the game fun |  |  |  | for a learner | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A mistake he should apologise for

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t4:o4:1
# text = A mistake he should apologise for
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	apologise	apologise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | should | he | a mistake *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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