Test 17 · ★ · Balance and falling well

omg Leo fell off the wall and put his arm out and it snapped clean in half, my mum said

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, arm, mum · What happens: fall off, put out, snap, say · To what, where: wall, arm, half · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» 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	omg	omg	INTJ	_	2 Leo	discourse
2	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 put	cc
8	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 arm	nmod:poss
10	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obj
11	out	out	ADV	_	8 put	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 snapped	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 snapped	nsubj
14	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	conj
15	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 snapped	xcomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 half	case
17	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	14 snapped	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 said	punct
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 mum	nmod:poss
20	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 said	nsubj
21	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall off	past	Leo	the wall			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient wall=Extent
2	put out	past	Leo not said here	Leo's arm		out property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent arm=Goal
3	snap	past	arm		half	clean property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in half=Location
4	say speech: assert	past	my mum				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The real lesson is not to land on a stiff straight arm; «in half» is probably exaggerated

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lesson	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lesson	amod
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 land	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 land	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 land	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 land	mark
7	land	land	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	12 arm	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 arm	det
10	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 arm	amod
11	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 arm	amod
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 land	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 exaggerated	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 half	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 half	case
16	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	20 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 half	punct
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 exaggerated	aux:pass
19	probably	probably	ADV	_	20 exaggerated	advmod
20	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 land	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	the real lesson			a stiff straight arm		land property	tree rules
2	exaggerate	present · passive		half				probably property	tree rules

Option 2

Every detail is surely true since a mum said it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 detail	det
2	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
4	surely	surely	ADV	_	5 true	advmod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mum	det
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 true	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	every detail					surely, true property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	a mum	detail					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

It proves walls are only dangerous for boys

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	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 dangerous	advmod
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 boys	case
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	walls					for boys; dangerous property	tree rules

Option 4

The real lesson is never to use your arms at all when you move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lesson	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lesson	amod
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 use	cop
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 use	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 use	mark
7	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 arms	nmod:poss
9	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 use	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 move	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 move	nsubj
14	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 use	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	the real lesson			all		use property	tree rules
2	move	present	you						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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