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title: His sister: "It's a 1 percent chance, not a 1 percent promise. Bro b… — Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost · tree and pragmatics
description: His sister: "It's a 1 percent chance, not a 1 percent promise. Bro bought 100 tickets to disappointment." Who is she teasing? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 172 «Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost» 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 1 · ★ · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost

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His sister: "It's a 1 percent chance, not a 1 percent promise. Bro bought 100 tickets to disappointment." Who is she teasing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** It, Bro · **What happens:** be, buy, tease · **To what, where:** percent chance, 100 tickets

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 172 «Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost» 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/172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* His sister: "It's a 1 percent chance, not a 1 percent promise.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t1:1
# text = His sister: "It's a 1 percent chance, not a 1 percent promise.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	percent	percent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	percent	percent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | a percent chance |  |  |  |  | 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:* Bro bought 100 tickets to disappointment."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t1:2
# text = Bro bought 100 tickets to disappointment."
1	Bro	Bro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	disappointment	disappointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | Bro | 100 tickets |  |  |  | to disappointment | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Who is she teasing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t1:3
# text = Who is she teasing?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	teasing	tease	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 | **tease** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ollie's belief that chance is a promise, not Ollie himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t1:o1:1
# text = Ollie's belief that chance is a promise, not Ollie himself
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	det	_	_
5	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ollie's belief | a promise |  |  |  | Ollie  Ollie *nmod* | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** |  | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | nom belief «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her own luck with boxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t1:o2:1
# text = Her own luck with boxes
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ollie for liking skins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t1:o3:1
# text = Ollie for liking skins
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	liking	like	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | gerund | Ollie | skins |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The game company for being honest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t1:o4:1
# text = The game company for being honest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the game company *not said here* |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |

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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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