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title: "You're either born sporty or you're not, sound?" Liverpool mate mea… — Muscles: getting stronger and getting… · tree and pragmatics
description: "You're either born sporty or you're not, sound?" Liverpool mate means "right?" What's true? Test 5 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 w
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# Test 5 · Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter

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"You're either born sporty or you're not, sound?" Liverpool mate means "right?" What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Liverpool mate · **What happens:** bear, not be, mean, be · **To what, where:** You, sound

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "You're either born sporty or you're not, sound?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t5:1
# text = "You're either born sporty or you're not, sound?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	sporty	sporty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	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 |  | You |  |  |  | either, sporty *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | sound |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Liverpool mate means "right?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t5:2
# text = Liverpool mate means "right?"
1	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Liverpool mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t5:3
# 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only tall people can really learn sport

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t5:o1:1
# text = Only tall people can really learn sport
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | can | tall people | sport |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Practice only helps adults, not children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t5:o2:1
# text = Practice only helps adults, not children
1	Practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Practice |  | adults and children |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Beneficiary |

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

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Practice changes your skill hugely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t5:o3:1
# text = Practice changes your skill hugely
1	Practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	hugely	hugely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Practice | your skill |  |  |  | hugely *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Skill is fixed at birth and can't be changed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter:t5:o4:1
# text = Skill is fixed at birth and can't be changed
1	Skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present · passive |  | Skill |  | birth |  |  | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at birth=Value |
| 2 | **not** **change** | can · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |

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