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title: The football field at the park is churned to mud because every team… — The environment · tree and pragmatics
description: The football field at the park is churned to mud because every team plays on it every day. What is the best idea? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 47 «The environment» of the religion ethics 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 5 · ★ · The environment

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The football field at the park is churned to mud because every team plays on it every day. What is the best idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** team, best idea · **What happens:** churn, play, be · **To what, where:** football field, field

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 47 «The environment» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/47-the-environment/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The football field at the park is churned to mud because every team plays on it every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t5:1
# text = The football field at the park is churned to mud because every team plays on it every day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	churned	churn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **churn** | present · passive |  | the football field at the park |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **play** | present | every team |  |  | field | day |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the best idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t5:2
# text = What is the best idea?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ban everyone from ever playing football there again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t5:o1:1
# text = Ban everyone from ever playing football there again
1	Ban	ban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | football |  |  | ever; again |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Let the strongest team in the park have it all the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t5:o2:1
# text = Let the strongest team in the park have it all the time
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the strongest team |  | the park | time |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | you *not said here* | team |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Agree a shared timetable so the grass can recover

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t5:o3:1
# text = Agree a shared timetable so the grass can recover
1	Agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	timetable	timetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	recover	recover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* | a shared timetable |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent timetable=Topic |
| 2 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **recover** | can | the grass |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Keep on playing every day and hope it fixes itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t5:o4:1
# text = Keep on playing every day and hope it fixes itself
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hope	hope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hope** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **fix** | present | it | itself *= it* |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |

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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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