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Test 2 · ★★★ · The football argument that goes in circles

His mate: "So the only games that count are the ones you win? Love that for you, bro." What would happen if every team counted like Jamal?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: only games, mate · What happens: count, be, win, happen · To what, where: ones, team

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «The football argument that goes in circles» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: His mate: "So the only games that count are the ones you win?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 win	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 ones	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 ones	punct
5	So	so	ADV	_	13 ones	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 games	det
7	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 games	amod
8	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ones	nsubj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 count	nsubj
10	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 games	acl:relcl
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ones	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ones	det
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 win	nsubj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 win	nsubj
15	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 win	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count in a quote	present	the only games						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a in a quote	present	the only games	the ones					tree rules
3	win in a quote	present	His mate						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Love that for you, bro."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bro	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 you	nsubj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 you	case
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Love	acl:relcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bro	punct
6	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bro	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 bro	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What would happen if every team counted like Jamal?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 team	mark
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 team	det
6	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obj
7	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 team	acl
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 Jamal	case
9	Jamal	Jamal	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 counted	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would		every team					tree rules
2	count	participle		every team not said here				like Jamal	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

Nobody would ever win a match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 win	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 win	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 win	advmod
4	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 match	det
6	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	would	Nobody	a match			ever		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Every team in the world would "always win"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 win	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 world	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 world	det
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 team	nmod
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 win	aux
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 win	punct
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 win	advmod
9	win	win	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 win	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Only Jamal's team would always win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 team	advmod
2	Jamal	Jamal	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 team	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Jamal	case
4	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 win	aux
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 win	advmod
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	would	Jamal's team					always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The league table would be fair, because everyone would count the same way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 table	det
2	league	league	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 table	compound
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fair	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fair	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 fair	cop
6	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 count	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 count	mark
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 count	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 count	aux
11	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 fair	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 way	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 count	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	the league table					fair property	tree rules
2	count	would	everyone	the same way					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme

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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