--- title: Why should a child not bet money on games, even small amounts? — Puzzles, money and video games · tree and pragmatics description: Why should a child not bet money on games, even small amounts? Test 7 · ★ 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Puzzles, money and video games Why should a child not bet money on games, even small amounts? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** not bet · **To what, where:** money, games This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t7:1 # text = Why should a child not bet money on games, even small amounts? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 bet bet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 amounts amount NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bet** | should | a child | money | | games and small amounts | | | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Recipient | 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} Small bets always win in the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t7:o1:1 # text = Small bets always win in the end 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bets bet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | Small bets | | | | in the end | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is not allowed for children and can become a harmful habit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t7:o2:1 # text = It is not allowed for children and can become a harmful habit 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 harmful harmful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | | It | | | | for children *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme for child=Goal | | 2 | **become** | can | | a harmful habit | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Betting is only wrong on board games ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t7:o3:1 # text = Betting is only wrong on board games 1 Betting betting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Betting | | | board games | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Money always makes the game more fun for everyone who plays ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t7:o4:1 # text = Money always makes the game more fun for everyone who plays 1 Money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 nmod _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Money | the game | | | | always *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Product | | 2 | **play** | present | | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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