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description: In a cartoon, a goalie catches the ball in the other team's box. Real rule? Test 12 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 was wrong.
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# Test 12 · Football: positions, rules and scoring

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In a cartoon, a goalie catches the ball in the other team's box. Real rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** goalie · **What happens:** catch · **To what, where:** ball, cartoon

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This is test 12 of lesson 41 «Football: positions, rules and scoring» 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/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a goalie catches the ball in the other team's box.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t12:1
# text = In a cartoon, a goalie catches the ball in the other team's box.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goalie	goalie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | a goalie | the ball |  | a cartoon |  | in the other team's box | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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:* Real rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t12:2
# text = Real rule?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keepers may never use their hands at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t12:o1:1
# text = Keepers may never use their hands at all
1	Keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | may | Keepers | Keepers's hands |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keepers may handle anywhere on the pitch, in any box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t12:o2:1
# text = Keepers may handle anywhere on the pitch, in any box
1	Keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | may | Keepers |  |  | the pitch |  | anywhere *property* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only defenders may handle it in the box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t12:o3:1
# text = Only defenders may handle it in the box
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	defenders	defender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | may | defenders | it |  | the box |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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Keepers may only handle in their own penalty area

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t12:o4:1
# text = Keepers may only handle in their own penalty area
1	Keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | may | Keepers |  |  | Keepers's own penalty area |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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