--- title: Which of the following most accurately characterises two penalties a… — "The game is rigged because I lost" · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following most accurately characterises two penalties awarded against a player in fifty matches? Exam question 4 of lesson 173 «"The game is rigged because I lost"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/e4/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / ["The game is rigged because I lost"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · "The game is rigged because I lost" Which of the following most accurately characterises two penalties awarded against a player in fifty matches? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, award · **To what, where:** two penalties, fifty matches This is exam question 4 of lesson 173 «"The game is rigged because I lost"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:e4:1 # text = Which of the following most accurately characterises two penalties awarded against a player in fifty matches? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 penalties penalty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 awarded award VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 matches match NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | two penalties | | | | accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **award** | participle | | two penalties *not said here* | | fifty matches | | against a player | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Conclusive evidence of a rigged game ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:e4:o1:1 # text = Conclusive evidence of a rigged game 1 Conclusive conclusive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 rigged rig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rig** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **evidence** | | | a rigged game | | | | | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Evidence of a scripted referee ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:e4:o2:1 # text = Evidence of a scripted referee 1 Evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 scripted script VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 referee referee NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **script** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **evidence** | | | a scripted referee | | | | | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A small number which does not justify the word "always" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:e4:o3:1 # text = A small number which does not justify the word "always" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 justify justify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **justify** *speech: other* | present · do-support | a small number | the word | | | | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} A majority of matches played ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:e4:o4:1 # text = A majority of matches played 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 matches match NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | participle | | matches *not said here* | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «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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