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title: my cousin says a lad in his footy team dived n got a red card n bann… — Playing fair and cheating in games · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says a lad in his footy team dived n got a red card n banned for a year, is that real Test 18 · ★ of lesson 200 «Playing fair and cheating in games» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 18 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games

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my cousin says a lad in his footy team dived n got a red card n banned for a year, is that real

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, lad, n · **What happens:** say, dive, get, ban, be · **To what, where:** red card n · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 200 «Playing fair and cheating in games» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/200-cheating-in-games/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t18:1
# text = my cousin says a lad in his footy team dived n got a red card n banned for a year, is that real
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	footy	footy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	dived	dive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
11	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dive** | past | a lad in lad's footy team |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | past | n | a red card n |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer n=Stimulus |
| 4 | **ban** | participle |  | a red card n *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Diving is clever and allowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t18:o1:1
# text = Diving is clever and allowed
1	Diving	diving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Diving |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **allow** | participle | Diving *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Probably blown up, but diving is cheating and can earn a yellow card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t18:o2:1
# text = Probably blown up, but diving is cheating and can earn a yellow card
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	diving	diving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	earn	earn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow up** | participle | diving *not said here* |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cheat** | present · progressive | diving |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **earn** | can | diving *not said here* | a yellow card |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Divers always get banned for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t18:o3:1
# text = Divers always get banned for years
1	Divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · passive |  | Divers |  |  | year | always *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Referees never notice diving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:200-cheating-in-games:t18:o4:1
# text = Referees never notice diving
1	Referees	referee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	notice	notice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	diving	diving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **notice** | present | Referees | diving |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer diving=Stimulus |

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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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