Test 20 · ★ · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

older kids at the park pointing at a couple on the bench "ewww they're snogging"

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: park, older kids · What happens: point, snog · To what, where: couple

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 snogging	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 park	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 park	det
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kids	nmod
6	pointing	point	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 park	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 couple	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 couple	det
9	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pointing	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 bench	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bench	det
12	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pointing	obl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 snogging	punct
14	ewww	ewww	INTJ	_	17 snogging	discourse
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 snogging	nsubj
16	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 snogging	aux
17	snogging	snog	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 snogging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	gerund	the park not said here			a couple		on the bench	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	snog in a quote	present · progressive	older kids at the park						tree rules

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

Throw things at them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	things				at things = thing	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at they=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Go and watch them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 watch	cc
3	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch	infinitive	you not said here	them = they					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

Take photos and share them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 share	cc
4	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	photos					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme
2	share	present	you not said here	photos = photo					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The couple are kissing, which is their private business; ignore it and keep playing

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 couple	det
2	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kissing	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kissing	aux
4	kissing	kiss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 business	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 business	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 business	cop
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 business	nmod:poss
9	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 business	amod
10	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kissing	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 ignore	punct
12	ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 kissing	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ignore	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 keep	cc
15	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 ignore	conj
16	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	kiss	present · progressive	the couple		vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		their private business	tree rules
3	ignore	infinitive		couple	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	keep	infinitive			tree rules
5	play	gerund			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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