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title: Ollie spent all £10 and didn't get the player. He's gutted. ("Gutted… — Loot boxes and "free" skins · tree and pragmatics
description: Ollie spent all £10 and didn't get the player. He's gutted. ("Gutted" means very upset.) What could help next time? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 17 «Loot boxes and "free" skins» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Loot boxes and "free" skins

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Ollie spent all £10 and didn't get the player. He's gutted. ("Gutted" means very upset.) What could help next time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ollie · **What happens:** spend, not get, gut, mean, help · **To what, where:** player, Ollie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie spent all £10 and didn't get the player.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t5:1
# text = Ollie spent all £10 and didn't get the player.
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | past | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |
| 2 | **not** **get** | past · do-support | Ollie *not said here* | the player |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer player=Stimulus |

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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:* He's gutted.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t5:2
# text = He's gutted.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | present · passive |  | Ollie |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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*Sentence 3:* ("Gutted" means very upset.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t5:3
# text = ("Gutted" means very upset.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* What could help next time?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t5:4
# text = What could help next time?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | could |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Never tell anyone how he feels about losing money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t5:o1:1
# text = Never tell anyone how he feels about losing money
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **feel** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **lose** | gerund | he *not said here* | money |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Borrow from friends so he can keep on opening boxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t5:o2:1
# text = Borrow from friends so he can keep on opening boxes
1	Borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from friends | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from friend=Source |
| 2 | **keep** | can | he |  |  | opening boxes |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on box=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Decide a limit first, or buy something certain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t5:o3:1
# text = Decide a limit first, or buy something certain
1	Decide	decide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	limit	limit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | imperative | you *not said here* | a limit |  |  |  | first *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent limit=Topic |
| 2 | **buy** | infinitive | you *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spend £20 next time to be sure of getting the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:t5:o4:1
# text = Spend £20 next time to be sure of getting the skin
1	Spend	spend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	£	£	SYM	$	_	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | gerund | you *not said here* | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Stimulus |

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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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