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title: Grace's mum: «Not weak, love. Brave». Why might stopping be brave? — Famous athletes and what being a profe… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grace's mum: «Not weak, love. Brave». Why might stopping be brave? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 63 «Famous athletes and what being a professional takes» 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 8 · ★ · Famous athletes and what being a professional takes

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Grace's mum: «Not weak, love. Brave». Why might stopping be brave?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stop, be

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 63 «Famous athletes and what being a professional takes» 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/63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace's mum: «Not weak, love.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes:t8:1
# text = Grace's mum: «Not weak, love.
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Brave».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes:t8:2
# text = Brave».
1	Brave	brave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why might stopping be brave?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes:t8:3
# text = Why might stopping be brave?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | might |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Biles was told to stop by fans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes:t8:o1:1
# text = Biles was told to stop by fans
1	Biles	bile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | Biles |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Biles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by fans | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Knowing when you're not safe to go on is strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes:t8:o2:1
# text = Knowing when you're not safe to go on is strength
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go on** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present | Knowing | strength |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stopping always means giving up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes:t8:o3:1
# text = Stopping always means giving up
1	Stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	1	advmod	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Stopping |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **give up** *not said to happen* | gerund | Stopping *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brave people never stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes:t8:o4:1
# text = Brave people never stop
1	Brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | present | Brave people |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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