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# Exam question 2 · The magician's trick explained

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It is given that, in a street betting game, several bystanders are observed to win. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, observe, win, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, betting game, several bystanders, response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 448 «The magician's trick explained» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/448-the-magicians-trick-explained/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that, in a street betting game, several bystanders are observed to win.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:e2:1
# text = It is given that, in a street betting game, several bystanders are observed to win.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	betting	betting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bystanders	bystander	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  | a betting game |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient that=Theme |
| 2 | **observe** | present · passive |  | several bystanders |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **win** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:e2:2
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Participation is advisable after observation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:e2:o1:1
# text = Participation is advisable after observation
1	Participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	advisable	advisable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Participation |  |  |  | after observation | advisable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The probability of winning is one in three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:e2:o2:1
# text = The probability of winning is one in three
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	probability	probability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	winning	winning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the probability of winning | one |  | three |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The apparent winners may be accomplices, and ordinary participants generally lose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:e2:o3:1
# text = The apparent winners may be accomplices, and ordinary participants generally lose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	winners	winner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	accomplices	accomplice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	participants	participant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may |  | accomplices |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | present | the apparent winners |  |  |  |  | generally *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The game is evidently fair to all participants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:e2:o4:1
# text = The game is evidently fair to all participants
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	evidently	evidently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	participants	participant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the game |  |  |  |  | to all participants; evidently, fair *property* | tree rules |

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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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