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description: Girl nearby: "Lads, 'best' and 'greatest' are the same word. You've been arguing with a thesaurus for fifteen minutes." What is she mocking? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «The football argument that goes in circles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · The football argument that goes in circles

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Girl nearby: "Lads, 'best' and 'greatest' are the same word. You've been arguing with a thesaurus for fifteen minutes." What is she mocking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Girl, You · **What happens:** be, argue, mock · **To what, where:** same word

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 170 «The football argument that goes in circles» of the world 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/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Girl nearby: "Lads, 'best' and 'greatest' are the same word.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t1:1
# text = Girl nearby: "Lads, 'best' and 'greatest' are the same word.
1	Girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
2	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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

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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:* You've been arguing with a thesaurus for fifteen minutes."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t1:2
# text = You've been arguing with a thesaurus for fifteen minutes."
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thesaurus	thesaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · perfect · progressive | You |  |  |  | minute | with a thesaurus | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with thesaurus=Co-Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is she mocking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t1:3
# text = What is she mocking?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | present · progressive | Girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ronaldo for being tall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t1:o1:1
# text = Ronaldo for being tall
1	Ronaldo	Ronaldo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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People who read books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t1:o2:1
# text = People who read books
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | People | books |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

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

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The circle, not the boys' taste in players

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t1:o3:1
# text = The circle, not the boys' taste in players
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** |  | the boys |  |  | players |  |  | nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Messi for being small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t1:o4:1
# text = Messi for being small
1	Messi	Messi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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