Test 5 · ★ · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

Why do so many arms get broken on swings?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: break · To what, where: many arms, swings

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 broken	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 broken	aux
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 broken	advmod
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 arms	amod
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 broken	nsubj:pass
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 broken	aux:pass
7	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 swings	case
9	swings	swing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 broken	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 broken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive · do-support		many arms		swings			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Swings go far too slowly for real safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swings	swing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	nsubj
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 slowly	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 safety	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 safety	amod
8	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Swings					for real safety; slowly property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for safety=Beneficiary

Option 2

Children hold on tight with both hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	nsubj
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	2 hold	compound:prt
4	tight	tight	ADV	_	2 hold	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 hands	case
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 hands	det
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	present	Children					with both hands; tight property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Swings are made of weak metal that snaps easily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swings	swing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 metal	case
5	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 metal	amod
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 snaps	nsubj
8	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 metal	acl:relcl
9	easily	easily	ADV	_	8 snaps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Swings				of weak metal	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	snap	present	weak metal					easily property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Children jump off or stand up on them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 jump	nsubj
2	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 jump	compound:prt
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 stand	cc
5	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 jump	conj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 stand	compound:prt
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump off	present	Children						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand up	infinitive	Children not said here					on Children = child	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location

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