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title: His brother: "Rigged? You let in four goals from corners, bro. The s… — "The game is rigged because I lost" · tree and pragmatics
description: His brother: "Rigged? You let in four goals from corners, bro. The script is called 'defend'." What is "scripted" supposed to mean? Test 1 · ★★ 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 an
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# Test 1 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost"

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His brother: "Rigged? You let in four goals from corners, bro. The script is called 'defend'." What is "scripted" supposed to mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** rig, let in, call, defend, script, suppose · **To what, where:** brother, four goals, corners, script · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 173 «"The game is rigged because I lost"» 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/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* His brother: "Rigged?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t1:1
# text = His brother: "Rigged?
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Rigged	rig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rig** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | His brother |  |  |  |  | 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:* You let in four goals from corners, bro.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t1:2
# text = You let in four goals from corners, bro.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	goals	goal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	corners	corner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let in** | present | You | four goals |  | corners |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* The script is called 'defend'."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t1:3
# text = The script is called 'defend'."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	script	script	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | the script |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **defend** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* What is "scripted" supposed to mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t1:4
# text = What is "scripted" supposed to mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	scripted	script	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **script** *in a quote* | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shown on TV live

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t1:o1:1
# text = Shown on TV live
1	Shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | participle |  |  |  | TV |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **live** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Played very well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t1:o2:1
# text = Played very well
1	Played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Planned in advance so one side wins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t1:o3:1
# text = Planned in advance so one side wins
1	Planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | participle |  |  |  | advance |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **win** | present | one side |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Written in joined-up handwriting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t1:o4:1
# text = Written in joined-up handwriting
1	Written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  | joined up handwriting |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in handwriting=Destination |
| 2 | **join** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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