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title: Which is true about the cricket bowling rule? — Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rul… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about the cricket bowling rule? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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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# Test 7 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which is true about the cricket bowling rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cricket · **What happens:** be, bowl · **To what, where:** rule

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t7:1
# text = Which is true about the cricket bowling rule?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	bowling	bowl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about the cricket; true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bowl** | gerund | the cricket *not said here* | rule |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bending and straightening the arm to throw the ball is against the rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t7:o1:1
# text = Bending and straightening the arm to throw the ball is against the rules
1	Bending	bend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	straightening	straighten	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	against	against	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **straighten** | gerund |  | the arm |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 3 | **throw** | to-infinitive |  | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | Bending |  |  |  |  | against the rules | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bowlers may throw the ball overarm like a baseball pitcher, as long as they are aiming at the stumps

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t7:o2:1
# text = Bowlers may throw the ball overarm like a baseball pitcher, as long as they are aiming at the stumps
1	Bowlers	bowler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	overarm	overarm	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	baseball	baseball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	aiming	aim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	stumps	stump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | may | Bowlers |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **overarm** | present | the ball |  |  |  |  | like a baseball pitcher | tree rules |
| 3 | **aim** | present · progressive | Bowlers *= bowler* |  |  | the stumps |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bowlers must always bend the arm hard at the elbow so the ball goes faster

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t7:o3:1
# text = Bowlers must always bend the arm hard at the elbow so the ball goes faster
1	Bowlers	bowler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
15	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | must | Bowlers | the arm |  | the elbow |  | always, hard *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme at elbow=Location |
| 2 | **go** | present | the ball |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bowlers may throw the ball like a baseball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t7:o4:1
# text = Bowlers may throw the ball like a baseball
1	Bowlers	bowler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	baseball	baseball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | may | Bowlers | the ball |  |  |  | like a baseball | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |

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