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title: Sophie's brother: "Lionesses won the Euros twice in a row, Sophie. W… — One counterexample is enough · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie's brother: "Lionesses won the Euros twice in a row, Sophie. Who's 'can't' now?" What is his point? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 187 «One counterexample is enough» 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 wa
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# Test 2 · ★ · One counterexample is enough

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Sophie's brother: "Lionesses won the Euros twice in a row, Sophie. Who's 'can't' now?" What is his point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, point, Sophie · **What happens:** win, not be, be, point · **To what, where:** Euros, row

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 187 «One counterexample is enough» 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/187-one-counterexample-is-enough/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie's brother: "Lionesses won the Euros twice in a row, Sophie.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t2:1
# text = Sophie's brother: "Lionesses won the Euros twice in a row, Sophie.
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lionesses	lioness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Euros	Euro	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** *in a quote* | past | Sophie's brother | the Euros |  | a row |  | twice *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent euro=Eventuality |

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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:* Who's 'can't' now?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t2:2
# text = Who's 'can't' now?"
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | can · present |  |  |  |  | now | ' *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is his point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t2:3
# text = What is his point?
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	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sophie's point |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **point** |  | Sophie |  |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Euros don't count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t2:o1:1
# text = The Euros don't count
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Euros	Euro	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | the Euros |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only England's women can play football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t2:o2:1
# text = Only England's women can play football
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | can | England's women | football |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Boys can't play football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t2:o3:1
# text = Boys can't play football
1	Boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **play** | can | Boys | football |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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One example knocks down "can't", and here there are loads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t2:o4:1
# text = One example knocks down "can't", and here there are loads
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knocks	knock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	13	expl	_	_
13	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock down** | present | One example |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **does** | present | loads |  |  | here; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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