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description: Aditi: «that shuttle was out, you cheated!». What's a smarter question to ask herself? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 67 «Losing well and winning well» of the medicine 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 10 · ★ · Losing well and winning well

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Aditi: «that shuttle was out, you cheated!». What's a smarter question to ask herself?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shuttle, you · **What happens:** be, cheat, ask · **To what, where:** Aditi, smarter question, herself

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 67 «Losing well and winning well» of the medicine 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/medicine/67-losing-well-and-winning-well/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aditi: «that shuttle was out, you cheated!».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t10:1
# text = Aditi: «that shuttle was out, you cheated!».
1	Aditi	aditi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	shuttle	shuttle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that shuttle |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cheat** *in a quote* | past | you | Aditi |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: 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:* What's a smarter question to ask herself?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t10:2
# text = What's a smarter question to ask herself?
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	smarter	smart	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a smarter question |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  | herself *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Why do all players always cheat me?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t10:o1:1
# text = Why do all players always cheat me?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | present · do-support | all players | me |  |  |  | always *property* | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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How can I make the next opponent cheat?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t10:o2:1
# text = How can I make the next opponent cheat?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	opponent	opponent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cheat	cheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | I | the next opponent cheat |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheat=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Why don't they ban shuttles that go out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t10:o3:1
# text = Why don't they ban shuttles that go out?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ban	ban	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	shuttles	shuttle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ban** | present · do-support | they | shuttles |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer shuttle=Theme |
| 2 | **go out** | present | shuttles |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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What did she do better, and how can I practise it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t10:o4:1
# text = What did she do better, and how can I practise it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	practise	practise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | she |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **practise** | can | I | it |  |  |  |  | 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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