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title: What would happen if Finn watched the replay before shouting? — "The game is rigged because I lost" · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Finn watched the replay before shouting? Test 10 · ★★ 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's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost"

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What would happen if Finn watched the replay before shouting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Finn · **What happens:** happen, watch, shout · **To what, where:** replay

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t10:1
# text = What would happen if Finn watched the replay before shouting?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	replay	replay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Finn | the replay |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent replay=Theme |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | Finn *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He'd find a secret speed boost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t10:o1:1
# text = He'd find a secret speed boost
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	boost	boost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | He | a secret speed boost |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boost=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He'd see his crash and not blame the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t10:o2:1
# text = He'd see his crash and not blame the game
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	blame	blame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | would | He | his crash |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crash=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **blame** | infinitive | He *not said here* | the game |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 3 | **crash** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crash «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He'd see the other car cheat by taking a secret shortcut through the wall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t10:o3:1
# text = He'd see the other car cheat by taking a secret shortcut through the wall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cheat	cheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	shortcut	shortcut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | would | He | the other car cheat |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cheat=Stimulus |
| 2 | **take** | gerund | He *not said here* | a secret shortcut |  | the wall |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shortcut=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The replay would show the game froze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t10:o4:1
# text = The replay would show the game froze
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	replay	replay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | would | the replay |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **freeze** | past | the game |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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