--- title: The football argument that goes in circles — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 170 «The football argument that goes in circles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / The football argument that goes in cir… # The football argument that goes in circles The 15 questions of lesson 170 «The football argument that goes in circles» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 95 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t1/) — Girl nearby: "Lads, 'best' and 'greatest' are the same word. You've been arguing with a thesaurus for fifteen minutes." What is she mocking? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t2/) — His mate: "So the only games that count are the ones you win? Love that for you, bro." What would happen if every team counted like Jamal? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t3/) — Leo: "Round and round we go. You're a washing machine, Lucas." What does he mean? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t4/) — Goalkeeper: "I was standing right there and even I don't know. You two were by the swings." What does this show? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t5/) — Uncle: "It's been your year for twenty years, lad. Your year's very patient." Is he insulting Ben? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t6/) — Kai: "Champions League final 2009, header, look it up. You got cooked by a YouTube clip." What does "got cooked" mean? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t7/) — Tagger: "The base is not real, the base is in your head." What would be fair? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t8/) — Teacher: "Your dads are both accountants. The only fighting they do is with the printer." Which is the lesson? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t9/) — Molly: "So by your rules the best goalie in the world isn't a footballer. Big brain move, Freddie." What does "big brain move" mean here? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t10/) — Lunch lady: "You've spent all break on a sausage. Go outside, the both of you." What would actually settle the hot dog question? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/t11/) — A clever one: Sam says, "My team is the best, and if they lose, it's because they weren't really trying, so they're still the best." Can any result ever prove Sam wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/e1/) — Identify the principal defect in the argument that a player is superior "because he is the best". — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Lionel Messi and headed goals. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/e3/) — Determine the most appropriate method of resolving a dispute as to whether a ball crossed the line when no party observed it clearly. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/e4/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises a protracted dispute as to whether a hot dog is a sandwich? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [169. Bets, dares and silly reasons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/) - next →: [171. "I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)