--- title: Sore losers and button-mashers — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/) [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/) / Sore losers and button-mashers # Sore losers and button-mashers The 15 questions of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 93 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t1/) — «this controller's busted, that's why» — 5th time today. What happens to an excuse like that? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t2/) — Ruby just mashed buttons and wiped the floor with Noah. «that's cheating!!» Is it? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t3/) — «I LET you win, obviously». The other kid knows he tried his hardest. What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t4/) — Noah rage-quits one hit before losing. «doesn't count lol». Best house rule? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t5/) — «nah not hungry» — Leo's sulking about losing, pizza's here. What usually happens? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t6/) — Priya: «WHO'S THE BEST? ME! ME!» dancing in front of the telly for two minutes. What's the problem? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t7/) — Theo's red in the face, fist tight round the controller after 3 losses. Wisest thing? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t8/) — «stop crying, it's only a game, baby». Jayden lost a final on penalties. What's kinder and truer? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t9/) — Mia beats everyone at her own house every week. Guests start leaving early. What's going on? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t10/) — «gg» says Ruby to the kid who just gloated at her. Why bother? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t11/) — Teacher: «What wins more matches over a whole season, luck or practice?» — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/e1/) — Identify the principal consequence, as established in this lesson, of hurling a controller in anger. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion «I let you win» uttered by a defeated participant? — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning success achieved by random pressing of buttons. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/e4/) — It is given that a participant habitually abandons matches immediately prior to defeat. State the remedy adopted by the group. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [397. Whose turn is it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/397-whose-turn-is-it/) - next →: [399. Left out without a console](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/)