--- title: Why does taking a break help after losing again and again? — Puzzles, money and video games · tree and pragmatics description: Why does taking a break help after losing again and again? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/243-puzzles-and-video-games/t5/) [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/) / [Puzzles, money and video games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/243-puzzles-and-video-games/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Puzzles, money and video games Why does taking a break help after losing again and again? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** break help · **What happens:** take, lose · **To what, where:** break help This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video 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/243-puzzles-and-video-games/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t5:1 # text = Why does taking a break help after losing again and again? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present · do-support | | a break help | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | gerund | a break help *not said here* | | | | again | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Breaks make the game forget all your mistakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t5:o1:1 # text = Breaks make the game forget all your mistakes 1 Breaks break NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mistakes mistake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Breaks | the game | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** | infinitive | the game *not said here* | your mistakes | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mistake** | | your | | | | | | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Anger makes you play worse, and rest calms you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t5:o2:1 # text = Anger makes you play worse, and rest calms you 1 Anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 worse badly ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 calms calm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Anger | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | badly *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **calm** | present | rest | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} It does not help at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t5:o3:1 # text = It does not help at all 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **help** | present · do-support | It | | | all | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Games give you easier levels if you stop for a while ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t5:o4:1 # text = Games give you easier levels if you stop for a while 1 Games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 levels level NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | Games | easier levels | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient level=Theme | | 2 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | while | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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