--- title: Ben's brother reads that some countries limited loot boxes. Mum says… — Loot boxes and "free" skins · tree and pragmatics description: Ben's brother reads that some countries limited loot boxes. Mum says "good." Your mate says "nah, they're just like a card pack." What's the honest answer? 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What's the honest answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, Mum, mate, countries, honest answer · **What happens:** read, say, be · **To what, where:** countries, good · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 17 «Loot boxes and "free" skins» of the money 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/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ben's brother reads that some countries limited loot boxes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t11:1 # text = Ben's brother reads that some countries limited loot boxes. 1 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 limited limited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | Ben's brother | some countries | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Topic | 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:* Mum says "good." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t11:2 # text = Mum says "good." 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum | good | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent good=Topic | *Sentence 3:* Your mate says "nah, they're just like a card pack." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t11:3 # text = Your mate says "nah, they're just like a card pack." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 nah nah INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | countries *= country* | | | | | like a card pack | tree rules | *Sentence 4:* What's the honest answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t11:4 # text = What's the honest answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the honest answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Everyone agrees loot boxes are fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t11:o1:1 # text = Everyone agrees loot boxes are fine 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 agrees agree VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Everyone | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | loot boxes | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Loot boxes don't exist any more ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t11:o2:1 # text = Loot boxes don't exist any more 1 Loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 exist exist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 any any ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **exist** | present · do-support | Loot boxes | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} People disagree; some call it gambling, companies call it a surprise ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t11:o3:1 # text = People disagree; some call it gambling, companies call it a surprise 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 disagree disagree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 5 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 gambling gambling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 companies company NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disagree** | present | People | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **call** | present | some | it | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 3 | **call** | present | companies | gambling | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone agrees loot boxes are illegal everywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t11:o4:1 # text = Everyone agrees loot boxes are illegal everywhere 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 agrees agree VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 illegal illegal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Everyone | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | loot boxes | | | | | everywhere, illegal *property* | tree rules | **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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