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description: Hannah, 9, in Edinburgh: «Pass it, ya numpties!» What would happen if they passed to whoever's open? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Girls' and boys' teams

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Hannah, 9, in Edinburgh: «Pass it, ya numpties!» What would happen if they passed to whoever's open?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** numpties · **What happens:** pass, happen, be · **To what, where:** it, whoever

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Hannah, 9, in Edinburgh: «Pass it, ya numpties!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t6:1
# text = Hannah, 9, in Edinburgh: «Pass it, ya numpties!»
1	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	ya	ya	X	FW	_	13	compound	_	_
13	numpties	numpty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | ya numpties *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |

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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 would happen if they passed to whoever's open?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t6:2
# text = What would happen if they passed to whoever's open?
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	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 | **pass** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | numpties *= numpty* |  |  | whoever |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to whoever=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | open *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She'd stop wanting the ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t6:o1:1
# text = She'd stop wanting the ball
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **want** | gerund | She *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ball=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The team would lose every game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t6:o2:1
# text = The team would lose every game
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | would | the team | every game |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She'd get more touches and chances to show skill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t6:o3:1
# text = She'd get more touches and chances to show skill
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	touches	touch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	chances	chance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | She | more touches and chances |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer touch=Stimulus |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | skill |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skill=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The boys would forget how to play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t6:o4:1
# text = The boys would forget how to play
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | would | the boys |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **play** | to-infinitive | the boys *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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