--- title: Ascertain the correct attitude towards the outcome of a game of chan… — Sharing toys and playing board games f… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the correct attitude towards the outcome of a game of chance. Exam question 4 of lesson 242 «Sharing toys and playing board games fairly» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Sharing toys and playing board games f…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Sharing toys and playing board games fairly Ascertain the correct attitude towards the outcome of a game of chance. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** correct attitude This is exam question 4 of lesson 242 «Sharing toys and playing board games fairly» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the correct attitude towards the outcome of a game of chance. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 attitude attitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct attitude | | | | towards the outcome of a game of chance | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attitude=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The dice are to be blamed and replaced ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:e4:o1:1 # text = The dice are to be blamed and replaced 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dice die NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 blamed blame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 replaced replace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | present · passive | | the dice | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **replace** | participle | | | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The loser was careless and is to blame ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:e4:o2:1 # text = The loser was careless and is to blame 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loser loser NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 blame blame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the loser | | | | | careless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the loser *not said here* | | | | | blame *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Luck decides, so no person is to be blamed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:e4:o3:1 # text = Luck decides, so no person is to be blamed 1 Luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 decides decide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 blamed blame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present | Luck | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **blame** *not said to happen* | present · passive | | no person | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The winner was the cleverest player ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:e4:o4:1 # text = The winner was the cleverest player 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 winner winner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 cleverest clever ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the winner | the cleverest player | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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