--- title: In a game, a slot machine "always pays out if you keep going". What'… — Gambling and honesty with change · tree and pragmatics description: In a game, a slot machine "always pays out if you keep going". What's wrong with that picture? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 40 «Gambling and honesty with change» of the money 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/money/40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change/t7/) [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/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [Gambling and honesty with change](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Gambling and honesty with change In a game, a slot machine "always pays out if you keep going". What's wrong with that picture? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** slot machine, you · **What happens:** pay out, keep, go, be · **To what, where:** game This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 40 «Gambling and honesty with change» 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/40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a game, a slot machine "always pays out if you keep going". ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:t7:1 # text = In a game, a slot machine "always pays out if you keep going". 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 slot slot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 10 advmod _ _ 10 pays pay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay out** *in a quote* | present | a slot machine | | | a game | | always *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 wrong with that picture? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:t7:2 # text = What's wrong with that picture? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | with that picture; wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Real slot machines pay everyone back on Fridays ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:t7:o1:1 # text = Real slot machines pay everyone back on Fridays 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 slot slot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 machines machine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Fridays Friday PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay back** | present | Real slot machines | everyone | | | friday | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, real slot machines always pay out in the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:t7:o2:1 # text = Nothing, real slot machines always pay out in the end 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 slot slot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 machines machine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay out** | present | Nothing machines | | | | in the end | always *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Real slot machines only take pennies, so it's fine to keep on playing ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:t7:o3:1 # text = Real slot machines only take pennies, so it's fine to keep on playing 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 slot slot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 machines machine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 pennies penny NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 csubj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 playing playing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | Real slot machines | pennies | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | | | playing | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on playing=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Real gambling is set up so players lose more than they win ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:t7:o4:1 # text = Real gambling is set up so players lose more than they win 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 gambling gambling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 players player NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 obj _ _ 10 than than SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set up** | present · passive | | Real gambling | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 2 | **lose** | present | players | more | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality | | 3 | **win** | present | players *= player* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «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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