--- title: A cartoon says «Paralympians aren't proper athletes». What's true? — The Olympics and Paralympics · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon says «Paralympians aren't proper athletes». What's true? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 62 «The Olympics and Paralympics» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/62-the-olympics-and-paralympics/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [The Olympics and Paralympics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/62-the-olympics-and-paralympics/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The Olympics and Paralympics A cartoon says «Paralympians aren't proper athletes». What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, Paralympians · **What happens:** say, not be, be · **To what, where:** proper athletes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 62 «The Olympics and Paralympics» 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/62-the-olympics-and-paralympics/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon says «Paralympians aren't proper athletes». ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:62-the-olympics-and-paralympics:t8:1 # text = A cartoon says «Paralympians aren't proper athletes». 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Paralympians Paralympian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 athletes athlete NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Paralympians | proper athletes | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:62-the-olympics-and-paralympics:t8:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They train only on weekends ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:62-the-olympics-and-paralympics:t8:o1:1 # text = They train only on weekends 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 train train VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 weekends weekend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **train** | present | They | | | | weekend | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They train full time for years like Olympians ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:62-the-olympics-and-paralympics:t8:o2:1 # text = They train full time for years like Olympians 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 train train VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Olympians olympian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **train** | present | They | | | | time; year | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Their races aren't timed ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:62-the-olympics-and-paralympics:t8:o3:1 # text = Their races aren't timed 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 timed time VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **time** | present · passive | | Their races | | | | | vn register-54.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **race** | | Their *= they* | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They don't have coaches ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:62-the-olympics-and-paralympics:t8:o4:1 # text = They don't have coaches 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 coaches coach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | They | coaches | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Patient | **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. 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