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title: «this controller's busted, that's why» — 5th time today. What happen… — Sore losers and button-mashers · tree and pragmatics
description: «this controller's busted, that's why» — 5th time today. What happens to an excuse like that? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» 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
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# Test 1 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers

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«this controller's busted, that's why» — 5th time today. What happens to an excuse like that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** bust, be, happen

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «this controller's busted, that's why» — 5th time today.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t1:1
# text = «this controller's busted, that's why» — 5th time today.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	controller	controller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	busted	bust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
11	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	5th	5th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bust** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  | time; today |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What happens to an excuse like that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t1:2
# text = What happens to an excuse like that?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to a excuse like that | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Everyone starts to believe it after a while

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t1:o1:1
# text = Everyone starts to believe it after a while
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **believe** | to-infinitive | Everyone *not said here* | it |  |  | while |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You get a free extra go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t1:o2:1
# text = You get a free extra go
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | You | a free extra go |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer go=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It turns into a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t1:o3:1
# text = It turns into a joke
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It |  |  | a joke |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into joke=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The controller really does break in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t1:o4:1
# text = The controller really does break in the end
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	controller	controller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · do-support | the controller |  |  |  | in the end |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in end=Location |

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