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description: Pursuant to the Laws of the Game, ascertain the condition under which a goal is awarded. Exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Football: positions, rules and scoring» 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 wa
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# Exam question 3 · Football: positions, rules and scoring

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Pursuant to the Laws of the Game, ascertain the condition under which a goal is awarded.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** ascertain, award · **To what, where:** condition, goal

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e3:1
# text = Pursuant to the Laws of the Game, ascertain the condition under which a goal is awarded.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Game	Game	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	awarded	award	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | present |  | the condition |  |  |  | to the Laws of the Game; pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 2 | **award** | present · passive |  | a goal |  | the condition |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The whole of the ball has passed over the whole of the goal line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e3:o1:1
# text = The whole of the ball has passed over the whole of the goal line
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive |  | the whole ball |  |  |  | whole *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The ball has made contact with the goal line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e3:o2:1
# text = The ball has made contact with the goal line
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · perfect · passive |  | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Any part of the ball has crossed the line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e3:o3:1
# text = Any part of the ball has crossed the line
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | present · perfect · passive |  | any part of the ball |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ball has struck the goalpost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:e3:o4:1
# text = The ball has struck the goalpost
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goalpost	goalpost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | present · perfect · passive |  | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient goalpost=Result |

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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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