--- title: A girl in Sydney captures most of her friend's chess pieces but stil… — Safe toys and fair board games · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Sydney captures most of her friend's chess pieces but still loses the game. How can that be? 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How can that be? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, that · **What happens:** capture, lose, be · **To what, where:** most, game This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Sydney captures most of her friend's chess pieces but still loses the game. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t5:1 # text = A girl in Sydney captures most of her friend's chess pieces but still loses the game. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Sydney Sydney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 captures capture VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 loses lose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **capture** | present | a girl in Sydney | most of girl's friend's chess pieces | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | present | a girl in Sydney *not said here* | the game | | | still | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* How can that be? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t5:2 # text = How can that be? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **can** | can | that | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Her friend had more pawns left at the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t5:o1:1 # text = Her friend had more pawns left at the end 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 pawns pawn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Her friend | more pawns | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pawn=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | more pawns *not said here* | | | at the end | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Her friend took longer to think about each of her moves, which wins ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t5:o2:1 # text = Her friend took longer to think about each of her moves, which wins 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 moves move NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Her friend | | | | | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Her friend *not said here* | | | | | about each | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about each=Topic | | 3 | **win** | present | friend's moves | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **move** | | friend | | | | | | nom move «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Her friend moved the queen more times ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t5:o3:1 # text = Her friend moved the queen more times 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | Her friend | the queen | | | time | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Her friend checkmated her king, which is what wins ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:302-toys-and-board-games:t5:o4:1 # text = Her friend checkmated her king, which is what wins 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 checkmated checkmate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 conj _ _ 10 wins win 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 | **checkmate** | past | Her friend | friend's king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | friend's king | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **win** | present | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «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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