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title: Noah rage-quits one hit before losing. «doesn't count lol». Best hou… — Sore losers and button-mashers · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah rage-quits one hit before losing. «doesn't count lol». Best house rule? Test 4 · ★ 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 4 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers

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Noah rage-quits one hit before losing. «doesn't count lol». Best house rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Noah · **What happens:** quit, lose, not count · **To what, where:** one hit

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah rage-quits one hit before losing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t4:1
# text = Noah rage-quits one hit before losing.
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	quits	quit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hit	hit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quit** | present | Noah | one hit |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hit=Source |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund | Noah *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* «doesn't count lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t4:2
# text = «doesn't count lol».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** *in a quote* | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* Best house rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t4:3
# text = Best house rule?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Whoever quits gets the next turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t4:o1:1
# text = Whoever quits gets the next turn
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	quits	quit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Whoever |  |  |  |  | get *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The winner has to play again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t4:o2:1
# text = The winner has to play again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the winner |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | the winner *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Quitting counts as a loss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t4:o3:1
# text = Quitting counts as a loss
1	Quitting	quit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **count** | present |  |  |  |  |  | as a loss | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as loss=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Quitting lets you try again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:t4:o4:1
# text = Quitting lets you try again
1	Quitting	quit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let** | present |  | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **try** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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