--- title: Which is the best thing to say when you lose a game you badly wanted… — Cheating in games and sports · tree and pragmatics description: Which is the best thing to say when you lose a game you badly wanted to win? Test 9 of lesson 341 «Cheating in games and sports» 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/341-cheating-in-games-and-sports/t9/) [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/) / [Cheating in games and sports](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/341-cheating-in-games-and-sports/) / t9 # Test 9 · Cheating in games and sports Which is the best thing to say when you lose a game you badly wanted to win? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, game · **What happens:** be, say, lose, want, win · **To what, where:** best thing, game · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 341 «Cheating in games and sports» 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/341-cheating-in-games-and-sports/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t9:1 # text = Which is the best thing to say when you lose a game you badly wanted to win? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the best thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lose** | present | you | a game | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality | | 4 | **want** | past | you | a game *not said here* | | | | badly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a game *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «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} «This game's rubbish» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t9:o1:1 # text = «This game's rubbish» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} «That doesn't count» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t9:o2:1 # text = «That doesn't count» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **count** *in a quote* | present · do-support | That | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} «You cheated, I saw you!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t9:o3:1 # text = «You cheated, I saw you!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cheated cheat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** *in a quote* | past | You | | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | past | I | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} «Well played, can we have another go?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:341-cheating-in-games-and-sports:t9:o4:1 # text = «Well played, can we have another go?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 7 obj _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** *in a quote* | participle | we *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | can | we | another | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | another *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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