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title: Ben's mate: "Two out of fifty, that's always now, is it? Your maths… — "The game is rigged because I lost" · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben's mate: "Two out of fifty, that's always now, is it? Your maths is more rigged than the game." What is he mocking? Test 3 · ★★ 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 opt
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# Test 3 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost"

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Ben's mate: "Two out of fifty, that's always now, is it? Your maths is more rigged than the game." What is he mocking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, maths, Ben · **What happens:** be, mock · **To what, where:** mate

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben's mate: "Two out of fifty, that's always now, is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t3:1
# text = Ben's mate: "Two out of fifty, that's always now, is it?
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | mate |  |  | now |  | 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:* Your maths is more rigged than the game."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t3:2
# text = Your maths is more rigged than the game."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	rigged	rigged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Your maths |  |  |  |  | than the game; rigged *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is he mocking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t3:3
# text = What is he mocking?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | present · progressive | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Penalties in real football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t3:o1:1
# text = Penalties in real football
1	Penalties	penalty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ben being bad at his maths lessons, as well as at games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t3:o2:1
# text = Ben being bad at his maths lessons, as well as at games
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
3	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	13	cc	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | Ben |  |  | Ben's maths lessons |  | at games; bad *property* | tree rules |

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

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Calling two out of fifty "always"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t3:o3:1
# text = Calling two out of fifty "always"
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | two |  | fifty |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent two=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Ben's football skills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t3:o4:1
# text = Ben's football skills
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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