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title: Zara's coach: «Shame, man» (South African for «oh, poor you») and a… — Losing well and winning well · tree and pragmatics
description: Zara's coach: «Shame, man» (South African for «oh, poor you») and a hug. Was a cry OK? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 67 «Losing well and winning well» 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 6 · ★ · Losing well and winning well

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Zara's coach: «Shame, man» (South African for «oh, poor you») and a hug. Was a cry OK?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cry · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 67 «Losing well and winning well» 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/67-losing-well-and-winning-well/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zara's coach: «Shame, man» (South African for «oh, poor you») and a hug.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t6:1
# text = Zara's coach: «Shame, man» (South African for «oh, poor you») and a hug.
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obl	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Was a cry OK?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t6:2
# text = Was a cry OK?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	OK	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a cry |  |  |  |  | ok *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, crying hurts your lungs while you're puffed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t6:o1:1
# text = No, crying hurts your lungs while you're puffed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	puffed	puff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | present |  | your lungs |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lung=Patient |
| 3 | **puff** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, crying is only for babies and toddlers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t6:o2:1
# text = No, crying is only for babies and toddlers
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for crying babies and toddlers | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, but only if you won the match in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only if you won the match in the end
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | you | the match |  |  | in the end |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yes, top players cry after finals too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:67-losing-well-and-winning-well:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, top players cry after finals too
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cry	cry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	finals	final	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | top players |  |  |  | after finals |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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