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title: ★★★ Ruby's team won 3–2 and she says «I scored like ten». Her friend… — My dad could lift a car: playground bo… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Ruby's team won 3–2 and she says «I scored like ten». Her friend Zara says she scored two of the team's goals. If both girls are on the same team, what is the most Ruby could have scored? Test 10 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language course of Mova's primary
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# Test 10 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

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★★★ Ruby's team won 3–2 and she says «I scored like ten». Her friend Zara says she scored two of the team's goals. If both girls are on the same team, what is the most Ruby could have scored?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, team, friend, girls, Ruby · **What happens:** win, say, score, be · **To what, where:** 3, two, same team · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language 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/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ruby's team won 3–2 and she says «I scored like ten».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t10:1
# text = ★★★ Ruby's team won 3–2 and she says «I scored like ten».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	scored	score	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | ★ | 3 |  |  |  | – 2 | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | team |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **score** *in a quote* | past | team |  |  |  |  | like ten | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Her friend Zara says she scored two of the team's goals.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t10:2
# text = Her friend Zara says she scored two of the team's goals.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	scored	score	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	goals	goal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | team's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **score** | past | friend | two of the team's goals |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* If both girls are on the same team, what is the most Ruby could have scored?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t10:3
# text = If both girls are on the same team, what is the most Ruby could have scored?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
17	scored	score	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | both girls |  |  | the same team |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **score** | could · perfect | the Ruby |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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3

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t10:o1:1
# text = 3
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t10:o2:1
# text = 1
1	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t10:o3:1
# text = 5
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting:t10:o4:1
# text = 10
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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