--- title: Ollie: «pact, no boxes this term, shake on it?» Why might it work? — Loot boxes and the surprise trap · tree and pragmatics description: Ollie: «pact, no boxes this term, shake on it?» Why might it work? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 413 «Loot boxes and the surprise trap» 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/413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap/t6/) [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/) / [Loot boxes and the surprise trap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★★ · Loot boxes and the surprise trap Ollie: «pact, no boxes this term, shake on it?» Why might it work? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ollie, term · **What happens:** shake, work · **To what, where:** term This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 413 «Loot boxes and the surprise trap» 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/413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ollie: «pact, no boxes this term, shake on it?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap:t6:1 # text = Ollie: «pact, no boxes this term, shake on it?» 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 pact pact NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 appos _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 shake shake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** *in a quote* | infinitive | Ollie | | | term | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why might it work? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap:t6:2 # text = Why might it work? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | might | term | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The game rewards pacts with gems ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap:t6:o1:1 # text = The game rewards pacts with gems 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 rewards reward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 compound _ _ 4 pacts pact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 gems gem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Jayden will pay if Ollie loses ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap:t6:o2:1 # text = Jayden will pay if Ollie loses 1 Jayden Jayden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 loses lose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | future | Jayden | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Ollie | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Saying no is easier with someone beside you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap:t6:o3:1 # text = Saying no is easier with someone beside you 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 csubj _ _ 2 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ 7 beside beside ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | no | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | Saying | | | | | with someone; easy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pacts make loot boxes cheaper for both of you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap:t6:o4:1 # text = Pacts make loot boxes cheaper for both of you 1 Pacts pact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Pacts | loot boxes | | | | cheap *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset box=Product | **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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