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description: Goalkeeper: "I was standing right there and even I don't know. You two were by the swings." What does this show? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 of the question and of each o
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · The football argument that goes in circles

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Goalkeeper: "I was standing right there and even I don't know. You two were by the swings." What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, You, this · **What happens:** stand, not know, be, show

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Goalkeeper: "I was standing right there and even I don't know.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t4:1
# text = Goalkeeper: "I was standing right there and even I don't know.
1	Goalkeeper	goalkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** *in a quote* | past · progressive | I |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 two were by the swings."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t4:2
# text = You two were by the swings."
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	swings	swing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | You |  |  |  |  | by the swings | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t4:3
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

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

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Neither girl saw clearly, so shouting can't settle it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t4:o1:1
# text = Neither girl saw clearly, so shouting can't settle it
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	nsubj	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | neither girl |  |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **settle** | can |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The goal was definitely out, so the goalkeeper should say so and end it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t4:o2:1
# text = The goal was definitely out, so the goalkeeper should say so and end it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goalkeeper	goalkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the goal |  |  |  |  | definitely, out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | the goalkeeper |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **end** | infinitive | the goalkeeper *not said here* | goalkeeper |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The goal was definitely in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t4:o3:1
# text = The goal was definitely in
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The goalkeeper is hiding the truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t4:o4:1
# text = The goalkeeper is hiding the truth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goalkeeper	goalkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · progressive | the goalkeeper | the truth |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient |

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