--- title: Brother: "Your controller works. Your driving's broken." What would… — "The game is rigged because I lost" · tree and pragmatics description: Brother: "Your controller works. Your driving's broken." What would a fair player say next? Test 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's choice was righ --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost" Brother: "Your controller works. Your driving's broken." What would a fair player say next? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Brother, Your, fair player · **What happens:** work, break, drive, say · **To what, where:** driving · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Brother: "Your controller works. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t4:1 # text = Brother: "Your controller works. 1 Brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 controller controller NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** *in a quote* | present | Brother | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: 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. *Sentence 2:* Your driving's broken." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t4:2 # text = Your driving's broken." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 driving driving NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present · passive | | Your driving | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **drive** | | Your | | | | | | nom driving «act transitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 3:* What would a fair player say next? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t4:3 # text = What would a fair player say next? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 next next ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a fair player | | | | | next *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} "Let's say it was a draw." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t4:o1:1 # text = "Let's say it was a draw." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 draw draw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | 's | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | it | a draw | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} "I'm never playing this again." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t4:o2:1 # text = "I'm never playing this again." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **play** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | this | | | again | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} "Fair play, I need more practice." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t4:o3:1 # text = "Fair play, I need more practice." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** *in a quote* | present | I | Fair play | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot practice=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} "Your controller must be rigged too." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t4:o4:1 # text = "Your controller must be rigged too." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 controller controller NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 rigged rig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rig** *in a quote* | must · passive | | Your controller | | | | | 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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