--- title: A lad says "Basketball's not for short-arses, mate." What's a true c… — Growing and sport · tree and pragmatics description: A lad says "Basketball's not for short-arses, mate." What's a true counterexample? 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What's a true counterexample? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lad, Basketball · **What happens:** say, not be, be · **To what, where:** true counterexample · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A lad says "Basketball's not for short-arses, mate." ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t9:1 # text = A lad says "Basketball's not for short-arses, mate." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Basketball Basketball PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 arses arse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a lad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Basketball | | | | | for short arses and mate | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's a true counterexample? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t9:2 # text = What's a true counterexample? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 counterexample counterexample NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a true counterexample | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Muggsy Bogues played in the NBA at about 1.60 m ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t9:o1:1 # text = Muggsy Bogues played in the NBA at about 1.60 m 1 Muggsy Muggsy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Bogues Bogues PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 NBA NBA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 1.60 1.60 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 m m NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | Muggsy | | | the NBA | | at 1.60 m | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Short people can't jump high enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t9:o2:1 # text = Short people can't jump high enough 1 Short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 7 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **jump** | can | Short people | | | | | enough, high *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} No NBA player was ever under 2 m ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t9:o3:1 # text = No NBA player was ever under 2 m 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 2 NBA NBA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 acl _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 m m NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | no NBA player under 2 m *not said here* | | | | | ever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Basketball has a height rule for pros ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t9:o4:1 # text = Basketball has a height rule for pros 1 Basketball basketball NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pros pro NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Basketball | a height rule | | | | for pros | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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