--- title: mate cheats every game, nobody wants to play with him — Being kind to yourself, money, screens… · tree and pragmatics description: mate cheats every game, nobody wants to play with him Test 16 · ★ of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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/293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play/t16/) [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/) / [Being kind to yourself, money, screens…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play mate cheats every game, nobody wants to play with him **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, nobody · **What happens:** cheat, want, play · **To what, where:** game This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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/293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t16:1 # text = mate cheats every game, nobody wants to play with him 1 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cheats cheat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** | present | mate | every game | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Source | | 2 | **want** | present | nobody | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | nobody *not said here* | | | | | with mate | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-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} They're just jealous ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t16:o1:1 # text = They're just jealous 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | jealous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cheating is fine if you win ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t16:o2:1 # text = Cheating is fine if you win 1 Cheating cheating NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Cheating | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **win** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only cheating at cards counts, other games don't ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t16:o3:1 # text = Only cheating at cards counts, other games don't 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 cheating cheat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** | gerund | | | | cards | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **count** | present | cheating | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **do** | present | other games | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Cheating spoils games and loses friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:293-being-kind-to-yourself-money-screens-and-fair-play:t16:o4:1 # text = Cheating spoils games and loses friends 1 Cheating cheating NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoils spoil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 loses lose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spoil** | present | Cheating | games | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | present | Cheating *not said here* | friends | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=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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