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title: A dad yells abuse at a teenage ref and then says «I'm right though».… — VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries · tree and pragmatics
description: A dad yells abuse at a teenage ref and then says «I'm right though». Does being right make abuse OK? Test 11 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's 
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# Test 11 · ★★ · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries

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A dad yells abuse at a teenage ref and then says «I'm right though». Does being right make abuse OK?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, right · **What happens:** yell, say, be, make · **To what, where:** abuse · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 65 «VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries» 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/65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A dad yells abuse at a teenage ref and then says «I'm right though».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t11:1
# text = A dad yells abuse at a teenage ref and then says «I'm right though».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	yells	yell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	abuse	abuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	teenage	teenage	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	though	though	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | a dad | abuse |  |  |  | at a teenage ref | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent abuse=Theme at ref=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a dad *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a dad *= dad* |  |  |  |  | right, though *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Does being right make abuse OK?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t11:2
# text = Does being right make abuse OK?
1	Does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	abuse	abuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	OK	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | right | abuse |  |  |  | ok *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset abuse=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, abuse is wrong right or wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t11:o1:1
# text = No, abuse is wrong right or wrong
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	abuse	abuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | abuse |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | abuse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, if he's a parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, if he's a parent
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a parent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, as long as the ref really did get it wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, as long as the ref really did get it wrong
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the ref | it |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, but only at under-10s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t11:o4:1
# text = No, but only at under-10s
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	10s	10	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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