Test 18 · ★ · Balance and falling well

someone in year 5 reckons if you fall with your eyes shut you can't get hurt cos you don't tense up lol

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, you · What happens: reckon, fall, not hurt, not tense up · To what, where: you

This is test 18 · ★ 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	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 reckons	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 year	case
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 someone	nmod
4	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 year	flat
5	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 fall	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 fall	nsubj
8	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reckons	ccomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 eyes	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eyes	nmod:poss
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fall	obl
12	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fall	xcomp
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 hurt	nsubj
14	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 hurt	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 hurt	advmod
16	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 hurt	aux:pass
17	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 fall	parataxis
18	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	22 tense	mark
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 tense	nsubj
20	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 tense	aux
21	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 tense	advmod
22	tense	tense	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 hurt	advcl
23	up	up	ADP	_	22 tense	compound:prt
24	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 reckons	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	someone			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	fall a condition, not said to happen	present	you		with your eyes; shut property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not hurt	can · passive		you		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	not tense up	present · do-support	you			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 true for grown-ups but not for children

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	for	for	ADP	_	7 ups	case
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ups	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct
7	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 children	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 children	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 children	case
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ups	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for grown ups but children; true property	tree rules
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That is a rumour; eyes help balance, and you fall safer by tucking in and rolling

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 rumour	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rumour	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rumour	det
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 help	punct
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 help	nsubj
7	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rumour	parataxis
8	balance	balance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 help	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fall	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fall	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 fall	nsubj
12	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 help	conj
13	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 fall	xcomp
14	by	by	SCONJ	_	15 tucking	mark
15	tucking	tuck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 fall	advcl
16	in	in	ADV	_	15 tucking	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 rolling	cc
18	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 tucking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a rumour		tree rules
2	help	present	eyes			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	balance	infinitive	eyes not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fall	present	you		safe property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	tuck in	gerund	you not said here			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
6	roll	gerund	you not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is true, but only when you fall backwards

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	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fall	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 fall	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 fall	advmod
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 fall	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 fall	nsubj
9	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
10	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	9 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	fall	present	you					backwards property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is true, closing your eyes makes every fall harmless

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	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 makes	punct
5	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 makes	csubj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 closing	obj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 fall	det
10	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj
11	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		true property	tree rules
2	close	gerund		your eyes		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
3	make	present	closing	every fall	harmless property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fall=Product

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