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Exam question 4 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language course of Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/e4/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [My dad could lift a car: playground bo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting It is given that a team won a match by three goals to two, whereas a member of that team asserts that she scored «like ten goals». Determine the greatest number of goals she can have scored. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** team, member, you · **What happens:** give, win, wherea, assert, score, determine · **To what, where:** It, match, ten goals, greatest number, goals This is exam question 4 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language 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/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a team won a match by three goals to two, whereas a member of that team asserts that she scored «like ten goals». ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e4:1 # text = It is given that a team won a match by three goals to two, whereas a member of that team asserts that she scored «like ten goals». 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 goals goal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 whereas wherea VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 member member NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 asserts assert VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 scored score VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 26 « « PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 like like ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 goals goal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 » » PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **win** | past | a team | a match | | | | by three goals; to two | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality | | 3 | **wherea** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **assert** | present | a member of that team | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **score** | past | member | ten goals | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the greatest number of goals she can have scored. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e4:2 # text = Determine the greatest number of goals she can have scored. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 goals goal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux _ _ 10 scored score VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the greatest number of goals | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **score** | can · perfect | team | goals *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e4:o1:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e4:o2:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Five ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e4:o3:1 # text = Five 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:e4:o4:1 # text = Ten 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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