--- title: A clever one: in 100 online matches against players of his level, Ma… — "The game is rigged because I lost" · tree and pragmatics description: A clever one: in 100 online matches against players of his level, Max wins about 50. What does that suggest? 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What does that suggest? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clever one, that · **What happens:** win, suggest · **To what, where:** 50 This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A clever one: in 100 online matches against players of his level, Max wins about 50. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t11:1 # text = A clever one: in 100 online matches against players of his level, Max wins about 50. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 online online ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 matches match NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 players player NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 about about ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | a clever one in 100 online matches against players of his level | 50 | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 50=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does that suggest? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t11:2 # text = What does that suggest? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 suggest suggest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present · do-support | that | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The game is rigged for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t11:o1:1 # text = The game is rigged for him 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 game game 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 rigged rig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rig** | present · passive | | the game | | | | for him *= he* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The game is fair; he wins about as often as expected ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t11:o2:1 # text = The game is fair; he wins about as often as expected 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 often often ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the game | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **win** | present | he | | | | | often *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **expect** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He should win every single match, so the game must be rigged against him ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t11:o3:1 # text = He should win every single match, so the game must be rigged against him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 5 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 rigged rig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | should | He | every single match | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality | | 2 | **rig** | must · passive | | the game | | | | against him *= he* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The game is rigged against him ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t11:o4:1 # text = The game is rigged against him 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 game game 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 rigged rig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rig** | present · passive | | the game | | | | against him *= he* | tree rules | **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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