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title: Ruby just mashed buttons and wiped the floor with Noah. «that's chea… — Sore losers and button-mashers · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby just mashed buttons and wiped the floor with Noah. «that's cheating!!» Is it? Test 2 · ★ 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 2 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers

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Ruby just mashed buttons and wiped the floor with Noah. «that's cheating!!» Is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, that, floor · **What happens:** mash, wipe, cheat, be · **To what, where:** buttons, floor

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby just mashed buttons and wiped the floor with Noah.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t2:1
# text = Ruby just mashed buttons and wiped the floor with Noah.
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	mashed	mash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wiped	wipe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mash** | past | Ruby | buttons |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Patient |
| 2 | **wipe** | past | Ruby *not said here* | the floor |  |  |  | with Noah | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent floor=Source |

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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:* «that's cheating!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t2:2
# text = «that's cheating!!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** *in a quote* | present · progressive | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t2:3
# text = Is it?
1	Is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | floor |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, mashing beats practice every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t2:o1:1
# text = No, mashing beats practice every time
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mashing	mash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	beats	beat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	practice	practice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mash** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **practice** | present | mashing beats |  |  |  | time |  | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, it's luck; practice wins more over time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t2:o2:1
# text = No, it's luck; practice wins more over time
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | luck |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | present | practice | luck *not said here* |  |  | time |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, newbies aren't allowed to win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, newbies aren't allowed to win
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	newbies	newbie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | newbies |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | newbies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, mashing buttons is against the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, mashing buttons is against the law
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mashing	mash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
4	buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mash** | gerund |  | buttons |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | mashing |  |  |  |  | against the law | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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