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title: our coach's mate got a knock in rugby, kept playing, and they're say… — Skating and sports safety · tree and pragmatics
description: our coach's mate got a knock in rugby, kept playing, and they're saying he forgot his own name Test 18 · ★ of lesson 6 «Skating and sports safety» 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 18 · ★ · Skating and sports safety

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our coach's mate got a knock in rugby, kept playing, and they're saying he forgot his own name

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, they · **What happens:** get, keep, play, say, forget, name · **To what, where:** knock, rugby, own name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 6 «Skating and sports safety» 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/6-skating-and-sports-safety/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t18:1
# text = our coach's mate got a knock in rugby, kept playing, and they're saying he forgot his own name
1	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knock	knock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rugby	rugby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | our coach's mate | a knock |  | rugby |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knock=Stimulus |
| 2 | **keep** | past | our coach's mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | gerund | our coach's mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **forget** | past | mate | mate's own name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **name** |  | mate |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is just a story, so it is fine to keep playing after a knock

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t18:o1:1
# text = It is just a story, so it is fine to keep playing after a knock
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	expl	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	csubj	_	_
13	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	knock	knock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after a knock |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It means you only stop if you forget your name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t18:o2:1
# text = It means you only stop if you forget your name
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	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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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 | **stop** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **forget** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | your name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **name** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whatever the details, a knock to the head means stop playing and be checked

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t18:o3:1
# text = Whatever the details, a knock to the head means stop playing and be checked
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knock	knock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
12	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | whatever details |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **check** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It proves only rugby players get concussion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t18:o4:1
# text = It proves only rugby players get concussion
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	rugby	rugby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	concussion	concussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | rugby players | concussion |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer concussion=Stimulus |

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