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title: Kai: «if i pull the plug the loss won't count». Truth? — Rage-quitting, ranked games and the ca… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai: «if i pull the plug the loss won't count». Truth? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 407 «Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar» 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 5 · ★ · Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar

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Kai: «if i pull the plug the loss won't count». Truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, loss · **What happens:** pull, not count · **To what, where:** plug

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 407 «Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar» 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/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai: «if i pull the plug the loss won't count».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t5:1
# text = Kai: «if i pull the plug the loss won't count».
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | i | the plug |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **count** *in a quote* | future | the loss |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* Truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t5:2
# text = Truth?
1	Truth	Truth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	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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Games usually count it as a loss anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t5:o1:1
# text = Games usually count it as a loss anyway
1	Games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | Games | it |  |  |  | as a loss; anyway, usually *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as loss=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It counts as a win instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t5:o2:1
# text = It counts as a win instead
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	win	win	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | It |  |  |  |  | as a win; instead *property* | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as win=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True, but only on Fridays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t5:o3:1
# text = True, but only on Fridays
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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True, it's a clever trick that everyone uses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t5:o4:1
# text = True, it's a clever trick that everyone uses
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
10	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a True clever trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present | everyone | a True clever trick |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |

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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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