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# Exam question 1 · The kid who is always on the bench

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Identify the principal reason for which a player who has been inactive in cold conditions should warm up before entering play.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, player · **What happens:** identify, be, warm up, enter · **To what, where:** principal reason, cold conditions, play

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a player who has been inactive in cold conditions should warm up before entering play.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	inactive	inactive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	warm	warm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
21	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present · perfect | a player |  |  | cold conditions |  | inactive *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **warm up** | should | a player |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **enter** | gerund | a player *not said here* | play |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme play=Destination |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Warm-up reduces the duration of the match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e1:o1:1
# text = Warm-up reduces the duration of the match
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reduces	reduce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present | Warm up | the duration of the match |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer duration=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cold muscles are more susceptible to strain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e1:o2:1
# text = Cold muscles are more susceptible to strain
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	susceptible	susceptible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	strain	strain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cold muscles |  |  |  |  | susceptible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **strain** | to-infinitive | Cold muscles *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cold muscles are invariably faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e1:o3:1
# text = Cold muscles are invariably faster
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cold muscles |  |  |  |  | fast, invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Warm-up is required solely for spectators

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e1:o4:1
# text = Warm-up is required solely for spectators
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	spectators	spectator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | spectators | Warm up |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |

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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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