--- title: Ruby beats Sam at chess in nine moves and says «GG, easy». What's a… — Joining a game, and the shy kid · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby beats Sam at chess in nine moves and says «GG, easy». What's a good reply? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/t10/) [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/) / [Joining a game, and the shy kid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Joining a game, and the shy kid Ruby beats Sam at chess in nine moves and says «GG, easy». What's a good reply? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby · **What happens:** beat, say, be · **To what, where:** Sam, chess, good reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby beats Sam at chess in nine moves and says «GG, easy». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t10:1 # text = Ruby beats Sam at chess in nine moves and says «GG, easy». 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 beats beat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 moves move NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 GG GG PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | present | Ruby | Sam | | chess | | in nine moves | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent sam=Patient in move=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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:* What's a good reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t10:2 # text = What's a good reply? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a good reply | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} «Rematch next week?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t10:o1:1 # text = «Rematch next week?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Rematch rematch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Throw the pieces on the floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t10:o2:1 # text = Throw the pieces on the floor 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the pieces | | the floor | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent piece=Theme on floor=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Never play chess again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t10:o3:1 # text = Never play chess again 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | chess | | | again | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chess=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} «You cheated, I'm telling» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:t10:o4:1 # text = «You cheated, I'm telling» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cheated cheat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** *in a quote* | past | You | | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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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