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title: Marcus: "Y'all, that's a three, no cap!" Ref holds up two fingers. W… — Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Marcus: "Y'all, that's a three, no cap!" Ref holds up two fingers. Who's right? Test 1 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» 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 1 · Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating

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Marcus: "Y'all, that's a three, no cap!" Ref holds up two fingers. Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, Ref · **What happens:** be, hold up · **To what, where:** three, two fingers

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This is test 1 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» 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/44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Marcus: "Y'all, that's a three, no cap!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t1:1
# text = Marcus: "Y'all, that's a three, no cap!"
1	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Y'all	y'all	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a three |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Ref holds up two fingers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t1:2
# text = Ref holds up two fingers.
1	Ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | present | Ref | two fingers |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot finger=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t1:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Marcus, if the ball went in cleanly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t1:o1:1
# text = Marcus, if the ball went in cleanly
1	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	cleanly	cleanly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go in** | past | Marcus |  |  |  |  | cleanly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nobody: it's a free throw from there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t1:o2:1
# text = Nobody: it's a free throw from there
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	throw	throw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a free throw |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The ref: toe on the line makes it 2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t1:o3:1
# text = The ref: toe on the line makes it 2
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the ref | toe |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Marcus: the line counts as outside the arc

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t1:o4:1
# text = Marcus: the line counts as outside the arc
1	Marcus	Marcus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	arc	arc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | the line | Marcus *not said here* |  |  |  | as the arc | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent marcus=Theme as arc=Attribute |

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