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title: It is given that a participant habitually abandons matches immediate… — Sore losers and button-mashers · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a participant habitually abandons matches immediately prior to defeat. State the remedy adopted by the group. Exam question 4 of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · Sore losers and button-mashers

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It is given that a participant habitually abandons matches immediately prior to defeat. State the remedy adopted by the group.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** participant, you · **What happens:** give, abandon, defeat, state, adopt · **To what, where:** It, matches, remedy

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a participant habitually abandons matches immediately prior to defeat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e4:1
# text = It is given that a participant habitually abandons matches immediately prior to defeat.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	habitually	habitually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	abandons	abandon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	matches	match	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	defeat	defeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **abandon** | present | a participant | matches |  |  |  | habitually *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme match=Source |
| 3 | **defeat** | to-infinitive | a participant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* State the remedy adopted by the group.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e4:2
# text = State the remedy adopted by the group.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the remedy |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent remedy=Topic |
| 2 | **adopt** | participle |  | the remedy *not said here* |  |  |  | by the group | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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That the participant shall be excluded permanently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e4:o1:1
# text = That the participant shall be excluded permanently
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** | shall · passive |  | that participant |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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That abandonment of a match shall be counted as a loss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e4:o2:1
# text = That abandonment of a match shall be counted as a loss
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | shall · passive |  | that abandonment of a match |  |  |  | as a loss | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as loss=Attribute |
| 2 | **abandon** |  |  | a match |  |  |  |  | nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That the participant shall be awarded an additional turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e4:o3:1
# text = That the participant shall be awarded an additional turn
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	awarded	award	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **award** | shall · passive |  | that participant |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal turn=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That all matches shall be declared void

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e4:o4:1
# text = That all matches shall be declared void
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	matches	match	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	declared	declare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	void	void	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | shall · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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