--- title: In a cartoon a girl only wins the race because the boys trip over. W… — Girls' and boys' teams · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon a girl only wins the race because the boys trip over. What's real at age 9? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/69-girls-and-boys-teams/t9/) [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/) / [Girls' and boys' teams](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/69-girls-and-boys-teams/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Girls' and boys' teams In a cartoon a girl only wins the race because the boys trip over. What's real at age 9? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, boys · **What happens:** win, trip over, be · **To what, where:** race, cartoon, age This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a girl only wins the race because the boys trip over. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t9:1 # text = In a cartoon a girl only wins the race because the boys trip over. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 trip trip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 14 over over ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | a girl | the race | | a cartoon | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | | 2 | **trip over** | present | the boys | | | | | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* What's real at age 9? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t9:2 # text = What's real at age 9? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | at age | real *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Boys always win fair races ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t9:o1:1 # text = Boys always win fair races 1 Boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | Boys | fair races | | | | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She can simply be the fastest ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t9:o2:1 # text = She can simply be the fastest 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 simply simply ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | can | She | | | | | fast, simply *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Girls only win when boys fall ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t9:o3:1 # text = Girls only win when boys fall 1 Girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 5 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | Girls | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fall** | present | boys | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Races between them are never allowed ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:t9:o4:1 # text = Races between them are never allowed 1 Races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 between between ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | | Races between them | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | **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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