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title: Select the response consistent with the Laws of the Game concerning… — Football: positions, rules and scoring · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the Laws of the Game concerning an attacker level with the second-last opponent when the ball is played. Exam question 2 of lesson 41 «Football: positions, rules and scoring» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · Football: positions, rules and scoring

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Select the response consistent with the Laws of the Game concerning an attacker level with the second-last opponent when the ball is played.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Laws · **What happens:** select, concern, play · **To what, where:** response, attacker level, ball

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 41 «Football: positions, rules and scoring» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the Laws of the Game concerning an attacker level with the second-last opponent when the ball is played.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Game	Game	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	attacker	attacker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
17	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	opponent	opponent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
21	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	25	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the Laws of the Game *not said here* | a attacker level |  |  |  | with the last opponent | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus level=Experiencer |
| 3 | **play** | present · passive |  | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The attacker must be cautioned by the referee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e2:o1:1
# text = The attacker must be cautioned by the referee
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	attacker	attacker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cautioned	caution	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **caution** *speech: other* | must · passive | the referee | the attacker |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The goal must be disallowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e2:o2:1
# text = The goal must be disallowed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	disallowed	disallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disallow** | must · passive |  | the goal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The attacker is in an offside position

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e2:o3:1
# text = The attacker is in an offside position
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	attacker	attacker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	offside	offside	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The attacker is in an onside position

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e2:o4:1
# text = The attacker is in an onside position
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	attacker	attacker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	onside	onside	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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