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title: Jake's banned from football club. Uncle says «boxing club, but fight… — What fights cost at school · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake's banned from football club. Uncle says «boxing club, but fight outside the ring and you're out». Why might that help? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 375 «What fights cost at school» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 9 · ★ · What fights cost at school

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Jake's banned from football club. Uncle says «boxing club, but fight outside the ring and you're out». Why might that help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle, you, that · **What happens:** ban, say, fight, be, help · **To what, where:** football club, boxing club · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 375 «What fights cost at school» 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/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake's banned from football club.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t9:1
# text = Jake's banned from football club.
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | participle |  |  |  | football club |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from club=Eventuality |

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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:* Uncle says «boxing club, but fight outside the ring and you're out».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t9:2
# text = Uncle says «boxing club, but fight outside the ring and you're out».
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	boxing	boxing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Uncle | boxing club |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | outside the ring | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Why might that help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t9:3
# text = Why might that help?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | might | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Boxing has no rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t9:o1:1
# text = Boxing has no rules
1	Boxing	boxing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Boxing | no rules |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means he can fight anywhere he likes now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t9:o2:1
# text = It means he can fight anywhere he likes now
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	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fight** | can | he |  |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **like** | present | he |  |  |  | now |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It teaches him how to win street fights properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t9:o3:1
# text = It teaches him how to win street fights properly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fights	fight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | It |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | street fights |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |

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

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It gives his energy a place with strict rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:t9:o4:1
# text = It gives his energy a place with strict rules
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | his energy |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent energy=Recipient place=Theme |

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