Test 9 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

In a netball match a girl pretends she was pushed so her team gets a penalty. Which is TRUE?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, team · What happens: pretend, push, get, be · To what, where: netball match, girl, penalty

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» of the everyday 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.

The question

Sentence 1: In a netball match a girl pretends she was pushed so her team gets a penalty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 match	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 match	det
3	netball	netball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 match	compound
4	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pretends	obl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 girl	det
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pretends	nsubj
7	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 pushed	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 pushed	aux:pass
10	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pretends	xcomp
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 gets	mark
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 team	nmod:poss
13	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gets	nsubj
14	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 pushed	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 penalty	det
16	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gets	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 pretends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pretend	present	a girl		a netball match	tree rules
2	push	past · passive		girl		vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	get	present	girl's team	a penalty		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer penalty=Stimulus

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: Which is TRUE?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Faking a foul is cheating, even if the referee is fooled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 cheating	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 foul	det
3	foul	foul	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Faking	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cheating	aux
5	cheating	cheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fooled	punct
7	even	even	ADV	_	12 fooled	advmod
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 fooled	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 referee	det
10	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fooled	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fooled	aux:pass
12	fooled	fool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cheating	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fake	gerund		a foul	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foul=Patient
2	cheat	present · progressive	Faking		vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fool a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		the referee	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It is smart play and just part of the game at every level

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 play	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 play	cop
3	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 play	amod
4	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 part	cc
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 part	advmod
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 level	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 level	det
13	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	smart play and part of the game		every level			tree rules

Option 3

It is only cheating in the final

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cheating	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheating	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 cheating	advmod
4	cheating	cheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 final	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 final	det
7	final	final	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	present · progressive	It			the final			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is fine if the score is close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 close	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 score	det
6	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 close	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 close	cop
8	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the score					close property	tree rules

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