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title: «how's a jar of marbles gonna help, that's for babies» — why does it… — Rage-quitting, ranked games and the ca… · tree and pragmatics
description: «how's a jar of marbles gonna help, that's for babies» — why does it work? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar

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«how's a jar of marbles gonna help, that's for babies» — why does it work?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that, help · **What happens:** be, work · **To what, where:** jar · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t8:1
# text = «how's a jar of marbles gonna help, that's for babies» — why does it work?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	marbles	marble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	gonna	gonna	X	FW	_	9	compound	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
17	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
18	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a jar and gonna help |  |  |  | of marbles | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | for babies | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** | present · do-support | help |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It doesn't, it's just there as decoration for the shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t8:o1:1
# text = It doesn't, it's just there as decoration for the shelf
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	parataxis	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for the shelf | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | as decoration; there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's a magic jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t8:o2:1
# text = It's a magic jar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a magic jar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Counting a good habit makes it easier to keep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t8:o3:1
# text = Counting a good habit makes it easier to keep
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  | a good habit |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent habit=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | Counting | habit |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | habit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Marbles make you better at aiming somehow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:407-rage-quitting-and-ranked:t8:o4:1
# text = Marbles make you better at aiming somehow
1	Marbles	marble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	aiming	aim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	somehow	somehow	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Marbles | you |  |  |  | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
| 2 | **aim** | gerund | Marbles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | somehow *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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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