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title: Marcus: "Pros are just born talented, they don't even train, no cap.… — Muscles: getting stronger and getting… · tree and pragmatics
description: Marcus: "Pros are just born talented, they don't even train, no cap." What's true? Test 10 of lesson 38 «Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter

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Marcus: "Pros are just born talented, they don't even train, no cap." What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Marcus, Pros · **What happens:** bear, not train, be · **To what, where:** Pros, cap

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This is test 10 of lesson 38 «Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter» of the medicine 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/medicine/38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Marcus: "Pros are just born talented, they don't even train, no cap."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t10:1
# text = Marcus: "Pros are just born talented, they don't even train, no cap."
1	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Pros	Pro	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	talented	talented	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	train	train	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** *in a quote* | present · passive | Marcus *not said here* | Pros |  |  |  | talented *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **train** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Pros *= pro* | no cap |  |  |  | Marcus *vocative* | vn hire-13.5.3 «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:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t10:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pros never train after the age of ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t10:o1:1
# text = Pros never train after the age of ten
1	Pros	pro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	train	train	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **train** | present | Pros |  |  |  | after the age of ten |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Pros train most days for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t10:o2:1
# text = Pros train most days for years
1	Pros	pro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	train	train	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | present | Pros |  |  |  | day; year |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pros only play video games to keep sharp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t10:o3:1
# text = Pros only play video games to keep sharp
1	Pros	pro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | Pros | video games |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Pros *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sharp *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Talent means you never need to practise at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t10:o4:1
# text = Talent means you never need to practise at all
1	Talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	practise	practise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Talent |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **need** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **practise** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

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