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title: ref gave a penalty that was SO wrong, gonna tell him — Soccer, American football and baseball · tree and pragmatics
description: ref gave a penalty that was SO wrong, gonna tell him Test 11 · ★ of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» 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 was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Soccer, American football and baseball

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ref gave a penalty that was SO wrong, gonna tell him

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ref, penalty · **What happens:** give, be, tell · **To what, where:** penalty, ref · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» 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/248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t11:1
# text = ref gave a penalty that was SO wrong, gonna tell him
1	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	SO	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	dep	_	_
11	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | ref | a penalty |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | a penalty |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | ref *not said here* |  | ref |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Accept it, arguing can get you a yellow card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t11:o1:1
# text = Accept it, arguing can get you a yellow card
1	Accept	accept	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | can | arguing | a yellow card | you |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary card=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Walk off the pitch n take the ball with u

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t11:o2:1
# text = Walk off the pitch n take the ball with u
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	n	n	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the pitch |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitch=Source |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  | with u | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shout at him till he changes his mind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t11:o3:1
# text = Shout at him till he changes his mind
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **change** | present | he | his mind |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 3 | **mind** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Push him a little

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t11:o4:1
# text = Push him a little
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | a little *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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