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title: Tagger: "The base is not real, the base is in your head." What would… — The football argument that goes in cir… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tagger: "The base is not real, the base is in your head." What would be fair? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The football argument that goes in circles

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Tagger: "The base is not real, the base is in your head." What would be fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** base · **What happens:** not be, be · **To what, where:** Tagger, head

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tagger: "The base is not real, the base is in your head."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t7:1
# text = Tagger: "The base is not real, the base is in your head."
1	Tagger	tagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the base | Tagger *not said here* |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the base |  |  | your head |  |  | 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:* What would be fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t7:2
# text = What would be fair?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | would |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Let the tagger make up a new rule too, so it's even between them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t7:o1:1
# text = Let the tagger make up a new rule too, so it's even between them
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tagger	tagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	between	between	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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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 tagger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make up** | infinitive | the tagger *not said here* | a new rule |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rule=Pivot |
| 3 | **be** | present | rule |  |  |  |  | between them *= they* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between they=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Let the boy keep his base this time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t7:o2:1
# text = Let the boy keep his base this time
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 boy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | the boy *not said here* | boy's base |  |  | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent base=Theme |

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

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Agree on a base before the next game, for everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t7:o3:1
# text = Agree on a base before the next game, for everyone
1	Agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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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* |  |  |  | before the next game | for everyone; on a base | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on base=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ban bases from all games forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles:t7:o4:1
# text = Ban bases from all games forever
1	Ban	ban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bases	basis	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

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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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