--- title: "Headers are harmless with a light ball, man." What is the guidance… — Football: positions, rules and scoring · tree and pragmatics description: "Headers are harmless with a light ball, man." What is the guidance trying to avoid? Test 8 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Football: positions, rules and scoring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/) / t8 # Test 8 · Football: positions, rules and scoring "Headers are harmless with a light ball, man." What is the guidance trying to avoid? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Headers, guidance · **What happens:** be, try, avoid This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Headers are harmless with a light ball, man." ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t8:1 # text = "Headers are harmless with a light ball, man." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Headers header NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Headers | | | | | with a light ball and man; harmless *property* | 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 is the guidance trying to avoid? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t8:2 # text = What is the guidance trying to avoid? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is 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 guidance guidance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the guidance | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | the guidance *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **avoid** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the guidance *not said here* | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Coaches getting bored in training ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t8:o1:1 # text = Coaches getting bored in training 1 Coaches coach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 training training NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | Coaches | | | | | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Repeated knocks to a young brain ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t8:o2:1 # text = Repeated knocks to a young brain 1 Repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 knocks knock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | participle | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Players growing too tall too quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t8:o3:1 # text = Players growing too tall too quickly 1 Players player NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | gerund | Players *not said here* | | | | | quickly, tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Footballs getting dirty and worn ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring:t8:o4:1 # text = Footballs getting dirty and worn 1 Footballs football NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 worn worn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | Footballs | | | | | dirty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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