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title: A girl in Wales was picked last for rounders (a bat-and-ball game) a… — Younger children, losing and practising · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Wales was picked last for rounders (a bat-and-ball game) again and felt sad. Which is a good step? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 1 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

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A girl in Wales was picked last for rounders (a bat-and-ball game) again and felt sad. Which is a good step?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bat · **What happens:** pick, game, feel, be · **To what, where:** girl, good step

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Wales was picked last for rounders (a bat-and-ball game) again and felt sad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t1:1
# text = A girl in Wales was picked last for rounders (a bat-and-ball game) again and felt sad.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rounders	rounder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
12	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
22	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past · passive |  | a girl in Wales |  |  | again | for rounders; last *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for rounder=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **game** |  | bat |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** | past |  |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is a good step?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t1:2
# text = Which is a good step?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good step |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Stop playing forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t1:o1:1
# text = Stop playing forever
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say she hates rounders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t1:o2:1
# text = Say she hates rounders
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	rounders	rounder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hate** | present | she | rounders |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rounder=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Talk to a teacher and keep practising

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t1:o3:1
# text = Talk to a teacher and keep practising
1	Talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	practising	practise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a teacher | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to teacher=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **practise** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Pick them last next time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t1:o4:1
# text = Pick them last next time
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	last	last	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  | time | last *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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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