--- title: In a cartoon, two pals smash controllers and never speak again. What… — The row over a game · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, two pals smash controllers and never speak again. What happens more often in real life? Test 9 of lesson 475 «The row over a game» 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/475-the-row-over-a-game/t9/) [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/) / [The row over a game](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/) / t9 # Test 9 · The row over a game In a cartoon, two pals smash controllers and never speak again. What happens more often in real life? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two pals · **What happens:** smash, not speak, happen · **To what, where:** controllers, cartoon, real life · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 475 «The row over a game» 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/475-the-row-over-a-game/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, two pals smash controllers and never speak again. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t9:1 # text = In a cartoon, two pals smash controllers and never speak again. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 pals pal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 smash smash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 controllers controller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smash** | present | two pals | controllers | | a cartoon | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent controller=Theme in cartoon=Destination | | 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | two pals *not said here* | | | | again | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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 happens more often in real life? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t9:2 # text = What happens more often in real life? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 often often ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | real life | | often *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They cool off and play again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t9:o1:1 # text = They cool off and play again 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cool cool VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cool off** | present | They | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **play** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | again | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They buy new friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t9:o2:1 # text = They buy new friends 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 buy buy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | present | They | new friends | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They move house ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t9:o3:1 # text = They move house 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | They | house | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They never speak to each other again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:t9:o4:1 # text = They never speak to each other again 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obl _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 fixed _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | present | They | | | | again | to each | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-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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