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Test 9 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped/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/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/) / [Disappointed: when things don't go the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped Lucy's coach says, "Even grandmasters lose." (A grandmaster is a top chess player.) What helped Lucy want to play again? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** coach, grandmasters, grandmaster, Lucy · **What happens:** say, lose, be, help, want, play · **To what, where:** top chess player, Lucy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» of the reflection 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/reflection/25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lucy's coach says, "Even grandmasters lose." ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t9:1 # text = Lucy's coach says, "Even grandmasters lose." 1 Lucy Lucy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 grandmasters grandmaster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lucy's coach | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | present | grandmasters | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «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:* (A grandmaster is a top chess player.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t9:2 # text = (A grandmaster is a top chess player.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 grandmaster grandmaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a grandmaster | a top chess player | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What helped Lucy want to play again? ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t9:3 # text = What helped Lucy want to play again? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Lucy Lucy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | past | | Lucy | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent lucy=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **want** | infinitive | Lucy *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Lucy *not said here* | | | | again | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Being told she'd win next time for sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t9:o1:1 # text = Being told she'd win next time for sure 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 csubj:pass _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 2 | **win** | would | she | | | | time | for sure | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for sure=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} Playing only against much younger kids ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t9:o2:1 # text = Playing only against much younger kids 1 Playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | gerund | | | | | | against younger kids | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Never thinking about the game again ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t9:o3:1 # text = Never thinking about the game again 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | again | about the game | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about game=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Going over the lost game with her coach ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t9:o4:1 # text = Going over the lost game with her coach 1 Going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | | | | the lost game | | with her coach | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over game=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «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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