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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the physical demands placed upon a top referee? Exam question 2 of lesson 65 «VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 2 · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the physical demands placed upon a top referee?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, place · **To what, where:** physical demands, top referee

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 65 «VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries» 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/65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the physical demands placed upon a top referee?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	demands	demand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the physical demands |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **place** | participle |  | the physical demands *not said here* |  | a top referee |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon referee=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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The referee covers approximately one kilometre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e2:o1:1
# text = The referee covers approximately one kilometre
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	kilometre	kilometre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present | the referee | one kilometre |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kilometre=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The referee remains largely stationary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e2:o2:1
# text = The referee remains largely stationary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	largely	largely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stationary	stationary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the referee | stationary |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stationary=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The referee covers approximately ten to twelve kilometres in a match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e2:o3:1
# text = The referee covers approximately ten to twelve kilometres in a match
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present | the referee | ten kilometres |  |  |  | in a match | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent kilometre=Destination in match=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The referee is exempt from fitness testing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e2:o4:1
# text = The referee is exempt from fitness testing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	exempt	exempt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fitness	fitness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	testing	testing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the referee |  |  | fitness testing |  | exempt *property* | 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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