--- title: Teacher: «Why might a pupil say they don't like games when they don'… — Left out without a console · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher: «Why might a pupil say they don't like games when they don't own a console?» Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 399 «Left out without a console» 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/399-left-out-without-a-console/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/) / [Left out without a console](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Left out without a console Teacher: «Why might a pupil say they don't like games when they don't own a console?» **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, they, games · **What happens:** say, not like, not own · **To what, where:** games, console · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 399 «Left out without a console» 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/399-left-out-without-a-console/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t10:1 # text = Teacher: «Why might a pupil say they don't like games when they don't own a console?» 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 13 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 17 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | might | a pupil | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | present · do-support | they | games | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **own** *not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | games *= game* | a console | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot console=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Because they've already finished every game ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t10:o1:1 # text = Because they've already finished every game 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | present · perfect | they | every game | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality game=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because games are bad for you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t10:o2:1 # text = Because games are bad for you 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | games | | | | | for you; bad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} To make the teacher happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t10:o3:1 # text = To make the teacher happy 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the teacher | | | | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset teacher=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To hide feeling left out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:t10:o4:1 # text = To hide feeling left out 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | feeling | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient | | 2 | **leave out** | participle | | feeling *not said here* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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