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# Exam question 4 · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In respect of the word «football», state which proposition is correct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, respect · **To what, where:** respect, word

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e4:1
# text = In respect of the word «football», state which proposition is correct.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	12	det	_	_
12	proposition	proposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | respect of the word and state |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | the word and state |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It means the same sport in every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e4:o1:1
# text = It means the same sport in every country
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | the same sport |  |  |  | in every country | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot sport=Theme in country=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It means rugby everywhere, because both games use an oval ball and a large pitch with posts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e4:o2:1
# text = It means rugby everywhere, because both games use an oval ball and a large pitch with posts
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rugby	rugby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	oval	oval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | rugby |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rugby=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | present | both games | a oval ball and a large pitch |  |  |  | with posts | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It means cricket in Australia and New Zealand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e4:o3:1
# text = It means cricket in Australia and New Zealand
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
8	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | cricket |  |  |  | in Australia and New Zealand | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot cricket=Theme in australia=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It means soccer in the UK, but American football in the USA and Canada

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:e4:o4:1
# text = It means soccer in the UK, but American football in the USA and Canada
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | soccer |  |  |  | in the UK | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot soccer=Theme in uk=Attribute |

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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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