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title: Ascertain the principal reason for which visiting players tire more… — The World Cup · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal reason for which visiting players tire more rapidly at the Estadio Azteca. Exam question 4 of lesson 61 «The World Cup» 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 right.
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# Exam question 4 · The World Cup

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Ascertain the principal reason for which visiting players tire more rapidly at the Estadio Azteca.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, visiting players · **What happens:** ascertain, visit, tire · **To what, where:** principal reason, Estadio Azteca

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 61 «The World Cup» 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/61-the-world-cup/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the principal reason for which visiting players tire more rapidly at the Estadio Azteca.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tire	tire	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Estadio	Estadio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Azteca	Azteca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **visit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tire** | present | visiting players |  |  | the Estadio Azteca |  | for the principal reason; rapidly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Each breath at that altitude supplies less oxygen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e4:o1:1
# text = Each breath at that altitude supplies less oxygen
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	altitude	altitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	supplies	supply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | present | each breath at that altitude | less oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The ball is of greater weight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e4:o2:1
# text = The ball is of greater weight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ball |  |  |  |  | of greater weight | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The spectators impede respiration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e4:o3:1
# text = The spectators impede respiration
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spectators	spectator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	impede	impede	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	respiration	respiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impede** | present | the spectators | respiration |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer respiration=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pitch is of excessive length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:e4:o4:1
# text = The pitch is of excessive length
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pitch |  |  |  |  | of excessive length | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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