--- title: It is given that a squad comprises fifteen players of whom eleven co… — The kid who is always on the bench · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a squad comprises fifteen players of whom eleven commence the match. Determine the number of substitutes. Exam question 4 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/e4/) [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/) / [The kid who is always on the bench](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The kid who is always on the bench It is given that a squad comprises fifteen players of whom eleven commence the match. Determine the number of substitutes. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** squad, eleven, you · **What happens:** give, comprise, commence, determine · **To what, where:** It, fifteen players, match, number This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a squad comprises fifteen players of whom eleven commence the match. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e4:1 # text = It is given that a squad comprises fifteen players of whom eleven commence the match. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 squad squad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comprises comprise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 players player NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nmod _ _ 12 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nsubj _ _ 13 commence commence VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **comprise** | present | a squad | fifteen players | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme player=Pivot | | 3 | **commence** | present | eleven | the match | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality | 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:* Determine the number of substitutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e4:2 # text = Determine the number of substitutes. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 substitutes substitute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of substitutes | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Five ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e4:o1:1 # text = Five 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e4:o2:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Twenty-six ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e4:o3:1 # text = Twenty-six 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Eleven ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e4:o4:1 # text = Eleven 1 Eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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