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description: It is given that a batter strikes the ball such that it crosses the boundary without first making contact with the ground. Determine the number of runs awarded. Exam question 1 of lesson 45 «Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 1 · Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football

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It is given that a batter strikes the ball such that it crosses the boundary without first making contact with the ground. Determine the number of runs awarded.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** batter, you, number · **What happens:** give, strike, cross, make, determine, run · **To what, where:** It, ball, boundary, contact, number

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 45 «Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football» 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a batter strikes the ball such that it crosses the boundary without first making contact with the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:e1:1
# text = It is given that a batter strikes the ball such that it crosses the boundary without first making contact with the ground.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	batter	batter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	strikes	strike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	7	xcomp	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	crosses	cross	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	boundary	boundary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	18	advmod	_	_
18	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
19	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **strike** | present | a batter | the ball |  |  |  | such *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Patient |
| 3 | **cross** | present | batter | the boundary |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boundary=Patient |
| 4 | **make** | gerund | batter *not said here* | contact |  |  |  | with the ground; first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset contact=Product |

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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:* Determine the number of runs awarded.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:e1:2
# text = Determine the number of runs awarded.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	awarded	award	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **run** | present | the number *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **award** | participle | the number *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:e1:o1:1
# text = Six
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:e1:o2:1
# text = Two
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:e1:o3:1
# text = One
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:e1:o4:1
# text = Four
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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