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title: In a playground game, the losing side suddenly says, «New rule: anyo… — A fair trial, and the Wonderland court… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a playground game, the losing side suddenly says, «New rule: anyone with red trainers is out». Which part of the trial is it like? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 4 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…

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In a playground game, the losing side suddenly says, «New rule: anyone with red trainers is out». Which part of the trial is it like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** losing side, anyone, part · **What happens:** lose, say, be · **To what, where:** New rule, playground game · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» 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/191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a playground game, the losing side suddenly says, «New rule: anyone with red trainers is out».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t4:1
# text = In a playground game, the losing side suddenly says, «New rule: anyone with red trainers is out».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
16	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	21	nsubj	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	out	out	ADV	RB	_	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the losing side | New rule |  | a playground game |  | suddenly *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent rule=Theme in game=Manner |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | anyone |  |  |  |  | out *property* | 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:* Which part of the trial is it like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t4:2
# text = Which part of the trial is it like?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | which part of the trial |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Hatter forgetting which day of the month it is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t4:o1:1
# text = The Hatter forgetting which day of the month it is
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hatter	hatter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | gerund | the Hatter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **day** |  | Hatter |  |  |  | month |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | present | the Hatter |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The King inventing Rule Forty-two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t4:o2:1
# text = The King inventing Rule Forty-two
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	inventing	invent	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	Rule	Rule	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	Forty	Forty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | gerund | the King | Rule |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Queen's tarts going missing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t4:o3:1
# text = The Queen's tarts going missing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	tarts	tart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | the Queen's tarts |  |  |  |  | missing *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The jury writing their names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong:t4:o4:1
# text = The jury writing their names
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jury	jury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	writing	write	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund | the jury *not said here* | their names |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 2 | **name** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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