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description: Park man: «Wrong again? Double or nothing, love!» What's he trying to do? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 448 «The magician's trick explained» 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 6 · ★★ · The magician's trick explained

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Park man: «Wrong again? Double or nothing, love!» What's he trying to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** try, do

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 448 «The magician's trick explained» 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/448-the-magicians-trick-explained/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Park man: «Wrong again?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:t6:1
# text = Park man: «Wrong again?
1	Park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Double or nothing, love!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:t6:2
# text = Double or nothing, love!»
1	Double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* What's he trying to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:t6:3
# text = What's he trying to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present · progressive | man |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Teach you a clever maths trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:t6:o1:1
# text = Teach you a clever maths trick
1	Teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	trick	trick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 2 | **trick** | present | a clever maths |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Keep you paying so he wins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:t6:o2:1
# text = Keep you paying so he wins
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **win** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Give you a free extra go at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:t6:o3:1
# text = Give you a free extra go at the end
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a free extra go | you |  | at the end |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient go=Theme at end=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Help you win your money back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:448-the-magicians-trick-explained:t6:o4:1
# text = Help you win your money back
1	Help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **win back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your money |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality |

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