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title: Lad in the yard: "Girls can't do proper push-ups anyway." Don't be m… — Muscles: getting stronger and getting… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lad in the yard: "Girls can't do proper push-ups anyway." Don't be mardy (sulky) about it, Hannah! What's the fact? Test 4 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 
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# Test 4 · Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter

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Lad in the yard: "Girls can't do proper push-ups anyway." Don't be mardy (sulky) about it, Hannah! What's the fact?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Girls, you, fact · **What happens:** not do, do, not be, be · **To what, where:** proper push ups, Hannah

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lad in the yard: "Girls can't do proper push-ups anyway."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t4:1
# text = Lad in the yard: "Girls can't do proper push-ups anyway."
1	Lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
12	push	push	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
15	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can | Girls | proper push ups |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Eventuality |

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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:* Don't be mardy (sulky) about it, Hannah!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t4:2
# text = Don't be mardy (sulky) about it, Hannah!
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	mardy	mardy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	sulky	sulky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | Hannah |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about yard; mardy *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the fact?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t4:3
# text = What's the fact?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He's right, girls' arms don't get any stronger with training

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t4:o1:1
# text = He's right, girls' arms don't get any stronger with training
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	any	any	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	xcomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **get** | present · do-support | girls's arms |  |  |  |  | with training; strong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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Strength depends on training, and girls build it just like boys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t4:o2:1
# text = Strength depends on training, and girls build it just like boys
1	Strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | Strength |  |  |  |  | on training | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on training=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | present | girls | Strength |  |  |  | like boys | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only boys' muscles grow with practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t4:o3:1
# text = Only boys' muscles grow with practice
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | boys's muscles |  |  |  |  | with practice | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Push-ups only work for boys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t4:o4:1
# text = Push-ups only work for boys
1	Push	push	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Push ups |  |  |  |  | for boys | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for boy=Beneficiary |

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