--- title: Identify the principal reason for which a player who will miss pract… — Catch and release, practising well and… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which a player who will miss practice informs the coach in advance. Exam question 2 of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Catch and release, practising well and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear Identify the principal reason for which a player who will miss practice informs the coach in advance. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, player · **What happens:** identify, miss, inform · **To what, where:** principal reason, practice, coach, advance This is exam question 2 of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» 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/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which a player who will miss practice informs the coach in advance. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 informs inform VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 advance advance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **miss** | future | a player | practice | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer practice=Stimulus | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | a player | the coach | | advance | | for the principal reason | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient | 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 {#o1} The coach must record absences for payment ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e2:o1:1 # text = The coach must record absences for payment 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 record record VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 absences absence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **record** | must | the coach | absences | | | | for payment | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absence=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Absence is otherwise unlawful ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e2:o2:1 # text = Absence is otherwise unlawful 1 Absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 unlawful unlawful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Absence | | | | | otherwise, unlawful *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The coach will then cancel the practice ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e2:o3:1 # text = The coach will then cancel the practice 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 cancel cancel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cancel** | future | the coach | the practice | | | then | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The team plans around who will attend ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e2:o4:1 # text = The team plans around who will attend 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 plans plan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 around around ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan around** | present | the team | | | | | around *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **attend** *not said to happen* | future | | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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