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title: «why's jayden allowed a 16 game and i'm not, so unfair». Best answer? — Fighting games at a friend's house · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's jayden allowed a 16 game and i'm not, so unfair». Best answer? Test 9 of lesson 401 «Fighting games at a friend's house» 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 9 · Fighting games at a friend's house

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«why's jayden allowed a 16 game and i'm not, so unfair». Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** jayden, i · **What happens:** be, allow, not be · **To what, where:** 16 game

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This is test 9 of lesson 401 «Fighting games at a friend's house» 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/401-fighting-games-at-a-friends/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «why's jayden allowed a 16 game and i'm not, so unfair».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t9:1
# text = «why's jayden allowed a 16 game and i'm not, so unfair».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	jayden	jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **allow** *in a quote* | past | jayden | a 16 game |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | i |  |  |  |  | unfair *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:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t9:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Each family decides, and his dad plays it with him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t9:o1:1
# text = Each family decides, and his dad plays it with him
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | each family |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **play** | present | family's dad | it |  |  |  | with family | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent it=Theme with he=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His dad doesn't know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t9:o2:1
# text = His dad doesn't know
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | His dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ratings don't apply to Jayden at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t9:o3:1
# text = Ratings don't apply to Jayden at all
1	Ratings	rating	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	apply	apply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **apply** | present · do-support | Ratings |  | Jayden | all |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at all=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jayden is secretly 16 and just small for his age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:t9:o4:1
# text = Jayden is secretly 16 and just small for his age
1	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Jayden |  |  |  | for Jayden's age | small *property* | 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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