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title: Ava from Kent: «silent touchline was proper weird, but I liked it».… — The coach who shouts and parents on th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ava from Kent: «silent touchline was proper weird, but I liked it». Why might she have played better? Test 3 of lesson 68 «The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 3 · The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline

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Ava from Kent: «silent touchline was proper weird, but I liked it». Why might she have played better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ava, I · **What happens:** be, like, play · **To what, where:** touchline

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This is test 3 of lesson 68 «The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline» 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/68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ava from Kent: «silent touchline was proper weird, but I liked it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t3:1
# text = Ava from Kent: «silent touchline was proper weird, but I liked it».
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Kent	Kent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	touchline	touchline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Ava from Kent |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** *in a quote* | past | I | touchline |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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:* Why might she have played better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t3:2
# text = Why might she have played better?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | might · perfect | Ava |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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She could think for herself without shouts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t3:o1:1
# text = She could think for herself without shouts
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | could | She |  |  |  |  | for herself *= she* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The other team couldn't hear the ref

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t3:o2:1
# text = The other team couldn't hear the ref
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | could | the other team | the ref |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ref=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The grass was quieter so the ball rolled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t3:o3:1
# text = The grass was quieter so the ball rolled
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the grass |  |  |  |  | so the ball; quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **roll** | participle |  | the ball *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Silence makes legs run faster and kick harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t3:o4:1
# text = Silence makes legs run faster and kick harder
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	kick	kick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Silence | legs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | infinitive | legs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **kick** | infinitive | legs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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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