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description: It is given that a player employs abusive language towards the referee. State the sanction prescribed under the Laws of the Game. Exam question 3 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 ques
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# Exam question 3 · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries

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It is given that a player employs abusive language towards the referee. State the sanction prescribed under the Laws of the Game.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** player, you · **What happens:** give, employ, state, prescribe · **To what, where:** It, abusive language, sanction, Laws

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a player employs abusive language towards the referee.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e3:1
# text = It is given that a player employs abusive language towards the referee.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	employs	employ	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	abusive	abusive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | present | a player | abusive language |  |  |  | towards the referee | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme |

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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:* State the sanction prescribed under the Laws of the Game.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e3:2
# text = State the sanction prescribed under the Laws of the Game.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sanction	sanction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Game	Game	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the sanction |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sanction=Topic |
| 2 | **prescribe** | participle |  | the sanction *not said here* |  | the Laws of the Game |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A verbal reminder only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e3:o1:1
# text = A verbal reminder only
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	verbal	verbal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reminder	reminder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Dismissal by means of a red card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e3:o2:1
# text = Dismissal by means of a red card
1	Dismissal	dismissal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Dismissal |  |  |  |  | of a red card | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A free kick awarded to the player's team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e3:o3:1
# text = A free kick awarded to the player's team
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	awarded	award	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **award** | participle |  | a free kick *not said here* |  |  |  | to the player's team *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to team=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No sanction of any description

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e3:o4:1
# text = No sanction of any description
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	sanction	sanction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sanction** |  |  | any description |  |  |  |  | nom sanction «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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