--- title: Games use random number generators (a part of the program that picks… — Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost · tree and pragmatics description: Games use random number generators (a part of the program that picks by chance), and there is no evidence that the time of day changes the chances; testing it would need hundreds of openings. Who acts: Games, part, evidence, time. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Games, part, evidence, time), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost.lesson:18 # text = Games use random number generators (a part of the program that picks by chance), and there is no evidence that the time of day changes the chances; testing it would need hundreds of openings. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×1 1 Games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 random random ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 generators generator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 program program NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 picks pick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=13:punct 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 chances chance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 testing test VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 csubj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 36 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 openings opening NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | Games | random number generators | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent generator=Patient | | 2 | **pick** | present | a part of the program | | | | | by chance | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** | present | no evidence | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **change** | present | the time of day | the chances | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | | 5 | **test** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **need** | would | evidence | hundreds of openings | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hundred=Theme | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:world:172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost.lesson:18`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost, 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost/17/) - next →: [Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost, 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost/19/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost/)