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title: Mum: "The odds are on the coconut's side, Gary. The coconut is winni… — "I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: "The odds are on the coconut's side, Gary. The coconut is winning. Give the boy a candyfloss." What does "candyfloss" mean? Test 3 of lesson 171 «"I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 3 · "I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy

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Mum: "The odds are on the coconut's side, Gary. The coconut is winning. Give the boy a candyfloss." What does "candyfloss" mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** odds, coconut, you, candyfloss · **What happens:** be, win, give, mean · **To what, where:** side, candyfloss, boy

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This is test 3 of lesson 171 «"I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy» of the world 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/world/171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: "The odds are on the coconut's side, Gary.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy:t3:1
# text = Mum: "The odds are on the coconut's side, Gary.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	odds	odd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	coconut	coconut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	Gary	Gary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the odds |  |  | the coconut's side |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* The coconut is winning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy:t3:2
# text = The coconut is winning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coconut	coconut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present · progressive | the coconut |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Give the boy a candyfloss."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy:t3:3
# text = Give the boy a candyfloss."
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candyfloss	candyfloss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a candyfloss | the boy |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient candyfloss=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* What does "candyfloss" mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy:t3:4
# text = What does "candyfloss" mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	candyfloss	candyfloss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | candyfloss |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A fairground prize toy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy:t3:o1:1
# text = A fairground prize toy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fairground	fairground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A ticket for another throw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy:t3:o2:1
# text = A ticket for another throw
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	throw	throw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cotton candy, a fluffy sweet at fairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy:t3:o3:1
# text = Cotton candy, a fluffy sweet at fairs
1	Cotton	cotton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	candy	candy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fairs	fair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A type of coconut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy:t3:o4:1
# text = A type of coconut
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	coconut	coconut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **type** |  |  | coconut |  |  |  |  | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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