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description: In a cartoon a robot says, "After 99 misses, box 100 MUST be a winner!" Put it right. Test 11 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost

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In a cartoon a robot says, "After 99 misses, box 100 MUST be a winner!" Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** robot, 99 misses, you · **What happens:** say, be, put · **To what, where:** cartoon, winner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a robot says, "After 99 misses, box 100 MUST be a winner!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t11:1
# text = In a cartoon a robot says, "After 99 misses, box 100 MUST be a winner!"
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	After	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	misses	miss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	_
15	MUST	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a robot |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | 99 misses and box | a winner |  |  |  |  | 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:* Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t11:2
# text = Put it right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | winner |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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After 99 misses the game must refund you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t11:o1:1
# text = After 99 misses the game must refund you
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
3	misses	miss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	refund	refund	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present |  |  |  |  | after 99 |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **refund** | must | the game | you |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Box 100 has the same small chance as every other box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t11:o2:1
# text = Box 100 has the same small chance as every other box
1	Box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Box | the same small chance |  |  |  | as every other box | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Box 100 is always a winner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t11:o3:1
# text = Box 100 is always a winner
1	Box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Box | a winner |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Box 100 is always empty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost:t11:o4:1
# text = Box 100 is always empty
1	Box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Box |  |  |  |  | always, empty *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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