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title: Tyler: "Ain't no way, ump!" A batter gets four balls outside the zon… — Cricket and rugby, baseball and Americ… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tyler: "Ain't no way, ump!" A batter gets four balls outside the zone. What happens? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football

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Tyler: "Ain't no way, ump!" A batter gets four balls outside the zone. What happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ai, batter · **What happens:** not ump, get, happen · **To what, where:** four balls

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football» 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tyler: "Ain't no way, ump!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:t9:1
# text = Tyler: "Ain't no way, ump!"
1	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Ai	Ai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	ump	ump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ump** *in a quote* |  | Ai |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* A batter gets four balls outside the zone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:t9:2
# text = A batter gets four balls outside the zone.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	batter	batter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | a batter | four balls |  |  |  | outside the zone | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:t9:3
# text = What happens?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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He walks to first base

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:t9:o1:1
# text = He walks to first base
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | He |  |  |  |  | to first base *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to base=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He gets a home run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:t9:o2:1
# text = He gets a home run
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | He | a home run |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer run=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He gets three more strikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:t9:o3:1
# text = He gets three more strikes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	strikes	strike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | He | three more strikes |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer strike=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football:t9:o4:1
# text = He's out
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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