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title: Callum's mate: «Only one country can host a World Cup, man». Which f… — The World Cup · tree and pragmatics
description: Callum's mate: «Only one country can host a World Cup, man». Which fact proves him wrong? Test 1 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · The World Cup

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Callum's mate: «Only one country can host a World Cup, man». Which fact proves him wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one country, fact · **What happens:** host, prove · **To what, where:** World Cup, country

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This is test 1 of lesson 61 «The World Cup» 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/61-the-world-cup/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Callum's mate: «Only one country can host a World Cup, man».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:t1:1
# text = Callum's mate: «Only one country can host a World Cup, man».
1	Callum	Callum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	host	host	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Cup	Cup	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **host** *in a quote* | can | one country |  | a World Cup |  |  | man *obl* | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Beneficiary |

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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:* Which fact proves him wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:t1:2
# text = Which fact proves him wrong?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | which fact | country |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No country has ever hosted it twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:t1:o1:1
# text = No country has ever hosted it twice
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	hosted	host	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **host** | present · perfect · passive |  | no country |  |  | ever | twice *property* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme it=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hosts are always islands, like Japan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:t1:o2:1
# text = Hosts are always islands, like Japan
1	Hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Hosts | islands |  |  |  | like Japan; always *property* | tree rules |

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

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Japan and South Korea shared 2002

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:t1:o3:1
# text = Japan and South Korea shared 2002
1	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	Korea	Korea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	2002	2002	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | past | Japan and South | 2002 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Only Brazil has ever hosted the World Cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:61-the-world-cup:t1:o4:1
# text = Only Brazil has ever hosted the World Cup
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	hosted	host	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Cup	Cup	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **host** | present · perfect | Brazil |  | the World Cup |  | ever |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Beneficiary |

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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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