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title: snakes n ladders, i'm on 5 n rolled 3. do i count 5 as one? — Sharing toys and playing board games f… · tree and pragmatics
description: snakes n ladders, i'm on 5 n rolled 3. do i count 5 as one? Test 11 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Sharing toys and playing board games fairly

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snakes n ladders, i'm on 5 n rolled 3. do i count 5 as one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snakes, i, 5 n · **What happens:** n, be, roll, count · **To what, where:** ladders, 5 n, 3, 5

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 242 «Sharing toys and playing board games fairly» 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/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t11:1
# text = snakes n ladders, i'm on 5 n rolled 3. do i count 5 as one?
1	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	n	n	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ladders	ladder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
10	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl	_	_
11	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
16	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	obj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **n** | present | snakes | ladders |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | i |  |  | 5 n |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **roll** | past | 5 n *not said here* | 3 |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3=Agent |
| 4 | **count** | present · do-support | i | 5 |  |  |  | as one | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent 5=Theme as one=Attribute |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, count from the next square, so you land on 8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t11:o1:1
# text = No, count from the next square, so you land on 8
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the next square |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **land** | present | you |  |  | 8 |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on 8=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Move back 3 squares

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t11:o2:1
# text = Move back 3 squares
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	squares	square	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move back** | imperative | you *not said here* | 3 squares |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent square=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Start again from square 1, that's the rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t11:o3:1
# text = Start again from square 1, that's the rule
1	Start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | square and the rule | again |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | the rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, count 5 as one, so you land on 7

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, count 5 as one, so you land on 7
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | 5 |  |  |  | as one | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent 5=Theme as one=Attribute |
| 2 | **land** | present | you |  |  | 7 |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on 7=Destination |

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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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