Test 19 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

someone reckons if you land on straight legs from the shed roof your legs go into your body

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, you, legs · What happens: reckon, land, go · To what, where: straight legs, shed roof, body

This is test 19 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 land	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 land	nsubj
5	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 legs	case
7	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 legs	amod
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 land	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 roof	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 roof	det
11	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roof	compound
12	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 land	obl
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 legs	nmod:poss
14	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 go	nsubj
15	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 roof	acl:relcl
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 body	case
17	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 body	nmod:poss
18	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	someone				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	land a condition, not said to happen	present	you		straight legs	from the shed roof	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on leg=Destination
3	go	present	your legs	the shed roof not said here	your body		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location roof=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1

It is just made up, so jumping from roofs is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 made	advmod
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 made	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fine	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	12 fine	advmod
8	jumping	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 fine	csubj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 roofs	case
10	roofs	roof	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 jumping	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fine	cop
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make up	present · passive		It			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
2	jump	gerund			roofs		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from roof=Trajectory
3	is	present	jumping			fine property	tree rules

Option 2

It is true only for grown-ups who are heavy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 ups	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 ups	case
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ups	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 grown	punct
8	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	parataxis
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 heavy	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 heavy	cop
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ups	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	true property	tree rules
2	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	grown ups	heavy property	tree rules

Option 3

It is true word for word, so jump with bent arms instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 word	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 word	amod
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 word	case
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 word	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 jump	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 jump	advmod
9	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 word	parataxis
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 arms	case
11	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 arms	amod
12	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 jump	obl
13	instead	instead	ADV	_	9 jump	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	true word				for word	tree rules
2	jump	infinitive						with bent arms; instead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That bit is a scary exaggeration, but landing hard on straight legs really can break bones, so do not jump

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 bit	det
2	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exaggeration	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 exaggeration	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 exaggeration	det
5	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 exaggeration	amod
6	exaggeration	exaggeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 break	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 break	cc
9	landing	land	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 break	csubj
10	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 landing	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 legs	case
12	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 legs	amod
13	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 landing	obl
14	really	really	ADV	_	9 landing	advmod
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 break	aux
16	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 exaggeration	conj
17	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 break	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 jump	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	22 jump	advmod
20	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	22 jump	aux
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 jump	advmod
22	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 exaggeration	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that bit	a scary exaggeration			tree rules
2	land	gerund			straight legs	hard property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on leg=Destination
3	break	can	landing	bones			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient
4	not jump	infinitive · do-support					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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