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title: Reuben's mate: «Netball? That's a girls' sport, bro». What would hap… — Girls' and boys' teams · tree and pragmatics
description: Reuben's mate: «Netball? That's a girls' sport, bro». What would happen if Reuben listened? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 69 «Girls' and boys' teams» 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Girls' and boys' teams

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Reuben's mate: «Netball? That's a girls' sport, bro». What would happen if Reuben listened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** That, Reuben · **What happens:** be, happen, listen · **To what, where:** sport

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 69 «Girls' and boys' teams» 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/69-girls-and-boys-teams/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Reuben's mate: «Netball?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t4:1
# text = Reuben's mate: «Netball?
1	Reuben	Reuben	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	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Netball	netball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* That's a girls' sport, bro».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t4:2
# text = That's a girls' sport, bro».
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | girls's sport |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What would happen if Reuben listened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t4:3
# text = What would happen if Reuben listened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Reuben	Reuben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **listen** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Reuben |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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He'd miss a sport he loves for no reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t4:o1:1
# text = He'd miss a sport he loves for no reason
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | would | He | a sport |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | present | he |  |  |  |  | for no reason | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for reason=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Netball would ban him anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t4:o2:1
# text = Netball would ban him anyway
1	Netball	netball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ban	ban	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | would | Netball | him *= he* |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He'd become a better rugby player by staying away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t4:o3:1
# text = He'd become a better rugby player by staying away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
6	rugby	rugby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | He | a better rugby player |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stay away** | gerund | a better rugby player *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, netball has no boys' teams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t4:o4:1
# text = Nothing, netball has no boys' teams
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	netball	netball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Nothing netball | no boys's teams |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient |

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