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title: The tall lad sneers, "Shortie can't even reach the ball, LOL." What'… — Growing and sport · tree and pragmatics
description: The tall lad sneers, "Shortie can't even reach the ball, LOL." What's the fact? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Growing and sport

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The tall lad sneers, "Shortie can't even reach the ball, LOL." What's the fact?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tall lad, Shortie, fact · **What happens:** sneer, not reach, be · **To what, where:** ball · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» 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/40-growing-and-sport/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The tall lad sneers, "Shortie can't even reach the ball, LOL."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t6:1
# text = The tall lad sneers, "Shortie can't even reach the ball, LOL."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sneers	sneer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Shortie	Shortie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
15	LOL	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneer** | present | the tall lad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **reach** *in a quote* | can | Shortie | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |

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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 the fact?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t6:2
# 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Short kids should quit sport now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t6:o1:1
# text = Short kids should quit sport now
1	Short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	quit	quit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quit** | should | Short kids | sport |  |  | now |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Height at 10 decides your sport forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t6:o2:1
# text = Height at 10 decides your sport forever
1	Height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
4	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | Height at 10 | your sport |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent sport=Topic |
| 2 | **sport** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom sport «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The biggest kid will always be the best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t6:o3:1
# text = The biggest kid will always be the best
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | the biggest kid |  |  |  |  | always, good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Late growers often catch up, and skill matters more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t6:o4:1
# text = Late growers often catch up, and skill matters more
1	Late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	growers	grower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch up** | present | Late growers |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **matter** | present | skill |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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