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description: Ella's mum: «proper fair, that». Another parent: «only the best should play at kids' level». Who's right? Test 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 each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 4 · The kid who is always on the bench

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Ella's mum: «proper fair, that». Another parent: «only the best should play at kids' level». Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** the · **What happens:** play, be · **To what, where:** level

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella's mum: «proper fair, that».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t4:1
# text = Ella's mum: «proper fair, that».
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Another parent: «only the best should play at kids' level».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t4:2
# text = Another parent: «only the best should play at kids' level».
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	nsubj	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** *in a quote* | should | the |  |  | kids's level |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t4:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ella's mum; fair minutes make everyone better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t4:o1:1
# text = Ella's mum; fair minutes make everyone better
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Ella's mum | everyone |  |  |  | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The other parent; the best must always play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t4:o2:1
# text = The other parent; the best must always play
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | must |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both; it's the same thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t4:o3:1
# text = Both; it's the same thing
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Both | the same thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither; nobody should play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:t4:o4:1
# text = Neither; nobody should play
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | should | nobody |  |  |  |  | neither *property* | 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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