--- title: Priya's mate: «captains always pick the best, so Simran must be quic… — Picking teams and being picked last · tree and pragmatics description: Priya's mate: «captains always pick the best, so Simran must be quick». True? Test 11 of lesson 66 «Picking teams and being picked last» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Picking teams and being picked last](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last/) / t11 # Test 11 · Picking teams and being picked last Priya's mate: «captains always pick the best, so Simran must be quick». True? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** captains, Simran · **What happens:** pick, be · **To what, where:** best This is test 11 of lesson 66 «Picking teams and being picked last» 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/66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Priya's mate: «captains always pick the best, so Simran must be quick». ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:t11:1 # text = Priya's mate: «captains always pick the best, so Simran must be quick». 1 Priya Priya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 pick pick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 13 Simran Simran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** *in a quote* | present | captains | the best | | | | always *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Patient | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | must | Simran | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* True? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:t11:2 # text = True? 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, captains always pick the slowest ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:t11:o1:1 # text = No, captains always pick the slowest 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 pick pick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 slowest slow ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | present | captains | the slowest | | | | always *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slow=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, the first pick is always fastest ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, the first pick is always fastest 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 pick pick NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the first pick | | | | | always, fast *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, captains often pick friends first ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:t11:o3:1 # text = No, captains often pick friends first 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pick pick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | present | captains | friends | | | | first, often *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, captains test everyone's speed ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last:t11:o4:1 # text = Yes, captains test everyone's speed 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 test test VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | present | captains | everyone's speed | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Theme | **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. 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