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title: Brother: "The dice decided, Harper. Unless you think I'm controlling… — "The game is rigged because I lost" · tree and pragmatics
description: Brother: "The dice decided, Harper. Unless you think I'm controlling dice with my brain." What would be a fair check? Test 9 · ★★ 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 opti
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# Test 9 · ★★ · "The game is rigged because I lost"

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Brother: "The dice decided, Harper. Unless you think I'm controlling dice with my brain." What would be a fair check?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brother, you, I · **What happens:** decide, think, control, be · **To what, where:** Harper, dice, fair check · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Brother: "The dice decided, Harper.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t9:1
# text = Brother: "The dice decided, Harper.
1	Brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dice	die	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Harper	Harper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** *in a quote* | past | Brother | Harper |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent harper=Topic |

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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:* Unless you think I'm controlling dice with my brain."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t9:2
# text = Unless you think I'm controlling dice with my brain."
1	Unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	controlling	control	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
7	dice	die	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **control** | present · progressive | I | dice |  |  |  | with my brain | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent die=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What would be a fair check?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t9:3
# text = What would be a fair check?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would |  | a fair check |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Give Harper all the best streets so that it's fair this time round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t9:o1:1
# text = Give Harper all the best streets so that it's fair this time round
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Harper	Harper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	iobj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
14	round	round	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | all best streets |  | time |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent harper=Recipient street=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Remove the dice from the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t9:o2:1
# text = Remove the dice from the game
1	Remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dice	dice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dice |  | the game |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dice=Theme from game=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Let Harper be the banker and roll for everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t9:o3:1
# text = Let Harper be the banker and roll for everyone
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Harper	Harper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	banker	banker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	roll	roll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | Harper |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | infinitive | the banker for everyone and roll |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Watch the banker's money, since squares are luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost:t9:o4:1
# text = Watch the banker's money, since squares are luck
1	Watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	banker	banker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	since	since	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	squares	square	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the banker's money |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | squares |  |  |  | since luck |  | tree rules |

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