Test 12 · Football: positions, rules and scoring
In a cartoon, a goalie catches the ball in the other team's box. Real rule?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: goalie · What happens: catch · To what, where: ball, cartoon
This is test 12 of lesson 41 «Football: positions, rules and scoring» of the medicine 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 cartoon, a goalie catches the ball in the other team's box.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 catches | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 goalie | det |
| 6 | goalie | goalie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 catches | nsubj |
| 7 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ball | det |
| 9 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 catches | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 box | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 team | det |
| 12 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 team | amod |
| 13 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 box | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 team | case |
| 15 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 catches | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 catches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present | a goalie | the ball | a cartoon | in the other team's box | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=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.
Sentence 2: Real rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rule | amod |
| 2 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 rule | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Keepers may never use their hands at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keepers | keeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 use | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 use | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 use | advmod |
| 4 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hands | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 use | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not use | may | Keepers | Keepers's hands | all | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
Option 2
Keepers may handle anywhere on the pitch, in any box
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keepers | keeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 handle | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 handle | aux |
| 3 | handle | handle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 handle | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 pitch | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pitch | det |
| 7 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handle | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 box | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 box | case |
| 10 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 box | det |
| 11 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handle | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | handle | may | Keepers | the pitch | anywhere property | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Only defenders may handle it in the box
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 defenders | advmod |
| 2 | defenders | defender | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 handle | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 handle | aux |
| 4 | handle | handle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 handle | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 box | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 box | det |
| 8 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 handle | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | handle | may | defenders | it | the box | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Keepers may only handle in their own penalty area
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keepers | keeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 handle | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 handle | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 handle | advmod |
| 4 | handle | handle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 area | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 area | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 area | amod |
| 8 | penalty | penalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 area | compound |
| 9 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 handle | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | handle | may | Keepers | Keepers's own penalty area | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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