--- title: Jayden's uncle: «I don't lose at cards». Grandma: beats him five tim… — Family game night · tree and pragmatics description: Jayden's uncle: «I don't lose at cards». Grandma: beats him five times. What's the lesson? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 425 «Family game night» 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/425-family-game-night/t8/) [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/) / [Family game night](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/425-family-game-night/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Family game night Jayden's uncle: «I don't lose at cards». Grandma: beats him five times. What's the lesson? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Grandma, lesson · **What happens:** not lose, beat, be · **To what, where:** cards, Jayden This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 425 «Family game night» 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/425-family-game-night/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jayden's uncle: «I don't lose at cards». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t8:1 # text = Jayden's uncle: «I don't lose at cards». 1 Jayden Jayden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 appos _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **lose** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | cards | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent at card=Eventuality | 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:* Grandma: beats him five times. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t8:2 # text = Grandma: beats him five times. 1 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 beats beat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | present | Grandma | Jayden | | | time | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What's the lesson? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t8:3 # text = What's the lesson? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the lesson | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Experience can beat confidence ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t8:o1:1 # text = Experience can beat confidence 1 Experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | can | Experience | confidence | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location confidence=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Uncles are bad at every game ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t8:o2:1 # text = Uncles are bad at every game 1 Uncles uncle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Uncles | | | every game | | bad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Grandma must have cheated ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t8:o3:1 # text = Grandma must have cheated 1 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 cheated cheat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** | must · perfect · passive | | Grandma | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Old games are easier to win ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:425-family-game-night:t8:o4:1 # text = Old games are easier to win 1 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Old games | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | Old games *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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