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title: State which of the following describes the act known in football as… — Covering up, false alarms and playing… · tree and pragmatics
description: State which of the following describes the act known in football as diving. Exam question 4 of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

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State which of the following describes the act known in football as diving.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State · **What happens:** follow, describe, know · **To what, where:** act, football

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e4:1
# text = State which of the following describes the act known in football as diving.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	diving	diving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund | State |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present | State | the act |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent act=Theme |
| 3 | **know** | participle |  | the act *not said here* |  | football |  | as diving | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as diving=Attribute |

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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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A permitted technique for shielding the ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e4:o1:1
# text = A permitted technique for shielding the ball
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	technique	technique	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shielding	shield	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **shield** | gerund | a permitted technique *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A tackle made from behind an opponent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e4:o2:1
# text = A tackle made from behind an opponent
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tackle	tackle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	opponent	opponent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a tackle *not said here* |  | a opponent |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from opponent=Material |

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

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Feigning a fall to deceive the referee, which is cheating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e4:o3:1
# text = Feigning a fall to deceive the referee, which is cheating
1	Feigning	feign	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | gerund |  | a fall |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fall=Patient |
| 2 | **deceive** | to-infinitive |  | the referee |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent referee=Patient |
| 3 | **cheat** | present · progressive | the referee |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A legitimate method of winning possession

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e4:o4:1
# text = A legitimate method of winning possession
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	legitimate	legitimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	winning	win	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | gerund | a legitimate method *not said here* | possession |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Eventuality |

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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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