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title: A cartoon fan says «Real fans hate the other team». What's true? — VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon fan says «Real fans hate the other team». What's true? Test 9 · ★★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries

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A cartoon fan says «Real fans hate the other team». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon fan, Real fans · **What happens:** say, hate, be · **To what, where:** other team · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon fan says «Real fans hate the other team».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t9:1
# text = A cartoon fan says «Real fans hate the other team».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon fan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | Real fans | the other team |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer team=Stimulus |

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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:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t9:2
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | 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}

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Fans can't enjoy a derby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t9:o1:1
# text = Fans can't enjoy a derby
1	Fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	derby	derby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **enjoy** | can | Fans | a derby |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer derby=Stimulus |

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

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Real fans love their team and can respect the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t9:o2:1
# text = Real fans love their team and can respect the other
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	respect	respect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Real fans | fans's team |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer team=Stimulus |
| 2 | **respect** | can | Real fans *not said here* | the other |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Respect is against football rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t9:o3:1
# text = Respect is against football rules
1	Respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Respect |  |  |  |  | against football rules | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real fans must hate the rivals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:t9:o4:1
# text = Real fans must hate the rivals
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | must | Real fans | the rivals |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rival=Stimulus |

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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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