--- title: lost at snakes n ladders, my mate says i played bad — Safe toys and fair board games · tree and pragmatics description: lost at snakes n ladders, my mate says i played bad Test 14 · ★ of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t14/) [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/) / [Safe toys and fair board games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Safe toys and fair board games lost at snakes n ladders, my mate says i played bad **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, i · **What happens:** lose, say, play · **To what, where:** ladders · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board 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/302-toys-and-board-games/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t14:1 # text = lost at snakes n ladders, my mate says i played bad 1 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 n n PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 ladders ladder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | my mate *not said here* | | | snakes's ladders | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent at ladder=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **play** | past | i | | | | | bad *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It's because you went second ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t14:o1:1 # text = It's because you went second 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 second second ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | go, second *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, it's luck, nobody's to blame for losing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t14:o2:1 # text = No, it's luck, nobody's to blame for losing 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 blame blame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | luck | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | nobody | | | | | blame *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lose** | gerund | nobody *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it's all about skill ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t14:o3:1 # text = Yes, it's all about skill 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | about skill; all *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, you should have rolled better and thought more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t14:o4:1 # text = Yes, you should have rolled better and thought more 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 7 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | should · perfect · passive | | you | | | | well *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | more | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | **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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