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title: «we lost cos of Jayden's lag». Jayden's ping says 20. So? — Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi · tree and pragmatics
description: «we lost cos of Jayden's lag». Jayden's ping says 20. So? Test 4 of lesson 409 «Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi» 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.
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# Test 4 · Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi

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«we lost cos of Jayden's lag». Jayden's ping says 20. So?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, Jayden, ping · **What happens:** lose, lag, say · **To what, where:** cos, 20 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 409 «Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi» 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/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «we lost cos of Jayden's lag».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:t4:1
# text = «we lost cos of Jayden's lag».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	lag	lag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | we | cos of Jayden's lag |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent co=Eventuality |
| 2 | **lag** *in a quote* |  | Jayden |  |  |  |  |  | nom lag «act intransitive»: poss=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:* Jayden's ping says 20.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:t4:2
# text = Jayden's ping says 20.
1	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	ping	ping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jayden's ping | 20 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 20=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* So?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:t4:3
# text = So?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	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 {#o1}

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Jayden must be lying about his ping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:t4:o1:1
# text = Jayden must be lying about his ping
1	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ping	ping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | must · progressive | Jayden |  |  |  |  | about Jayden's ping | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about ping=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The lag wasn't the reason they lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:t4:o2:1
# text = The lag wasn't the reason they lost
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lag	lag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | the lag | the reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | they | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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20 means terrible lag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:t4:o3:1
# text = 20 means terrible lag
1	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lag	lag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | 20 | terrible lag |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lag=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The game is broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:t4:o4:1
# text = The game is broken
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · passive |  | the game |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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