--- title: «gg» says Ruby to the kid who just gloated at her. Why bother? — Sore losers and button-mashers · tree and pragmatics description: «gg» says Ruby to the kid who just gloated at her. Why bother? Test 10 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t10/) [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers «gg» says Ruby to the kid who just gloated at her. Why bother? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gg, kid · **What happens:** say, gloat · **To what, where:** kid · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «gg» says Ruby to the kid who just gloated at her. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t10:1 # text = «gg» says Ruby to the kid who just gloated at her. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 gg gg NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 gloated gloat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | gg | | the kid | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to kid=Recipient | | 2 | **gloat** | past | the kid | | | | | at Ruby | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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:* Why bother? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t10:2 # text = Why bother? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 bother bother PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It's the rule in every game ever made ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t10:o1:1 # text = It's the rule in every game ever made 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 advmod _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the rule | | every game | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | the rule *not said here* | | | ever | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} It makes the gloater feel even better about winning ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t10:o2:1 # text = It makes the gloater feel even better about winning 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gloater gloater NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 8 about about SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the gloater | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | infinitive | the gloater *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **win** | gerund | the gloater *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Good manners spread ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t10:o3:1 # text = Good manners spread 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | present | Good manners | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means she secretly wants a rematch ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t10:o4:1 # text = It means she secretly wants a rematch 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rematch rematch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | present | she | a rematch | | | | secretly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rematch=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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