--- title: «coach hates me, I'm always on the bench, it's rigged». What's the l… — The kid who is always on the bench · tree and pragmatics description: «coach hates me, I'm always on the bench, it's rigged». What's the likelier reason? Test 1 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 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/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · The kid who is always on the bench «coach hates me, I'm always on the bench, it's rigged». What's the likelier reason? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** coach, I, likelier reason · **What happens:** hate, be, rig · **To what, where:** me, bench, coach This is test 1 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» 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/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «coach hates me, I'm always on the bench, it's rigged». ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t1:1 # text = «coach hates me, I'm always on the bench, it's rigged». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hates hate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 rigged rig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | coach | me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | the bench | | always *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **rig** *in a quote* | present · passive | | coach | | | | | tree rules | 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 the likelier reason? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t1:2 # text = What's the likelier reason? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 likelier likely ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the likelier reason | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Subs are chosen by the referee ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t1:o1:1 # text = Subs are chosen by the referee 1 Subs sub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 referee referee NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present · passive | the referee | Subs | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The coach never even looks at the bench ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t1:o2:1 # text = The coach never even looks at the bench 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **look** | present | the coach | | | | | at the bench | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at bench=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The coach picks by star sign ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t1:o3:1 # text = The coach picks by star sign 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 picks pick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | present | the coach | | | | | by star sign | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Positions and planning, not dislike ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t1:o4:1 # text = Positions and planning, not dislike 1 Positions position NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 planning planning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 dislike dislike VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dislike** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | **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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