Test 7 · ★ · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds
Two children are playing chase when one falls off a high platform and says his neck hurts. Why must they not lift him?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two children, one, neck, children · What happens: play, be, fall off, say, hurt, not lift · To what, where: playing chase, high platform, neck · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Two children are playing chase when one falls off a high platform and says his neck hurts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 children | nummod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chase | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 chase | cop |
| 4 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 chase | amod |
| 5 | chase | chase | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 falls | mark |
| 7 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 falls | nsubj |
| 8 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 chase | acl:relcl |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 falls | compound:prt |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 platform | det |
| 11 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 platform | amod |
| 12 | platform | platform | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 falls | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 says | cc |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 falls | conj |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 neck | nmod:poss |
| 16 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 hurts | nsubj |
| 17 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 says | ccomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 chase | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | gerund | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | Two children | playing chase | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fall off | present | one | a high platform | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient platform=Extent | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present | one not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | hurt | present | his neck | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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.
Sentence 2: Why must they not lift him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 lift | advmod |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 lift | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lift | nsubj |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 lift | advmod |
| 5 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lift | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 lift | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not lift | must | children = child | neck | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
The options
Option 1
It is fine as long as they are gentle
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 fine | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 gentle | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gentle | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 gentle | cop |
| 9 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 long | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine, long property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | they | gentle property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Moving someone with a hurt neck can make it worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 make | csubj |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Moving | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 neck | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 neck | det |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 neck | amod |
| 6 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Moving | obl |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 make | aux |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 make | obj |
| 10 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | gerund | someone | with a hurt neck | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme someone=Result | ||||
| 2 | make | can | Moving | neck | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 3
His clothes will get dirty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 2 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | His clothes | dirty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He will be far too heavy for two children to carry safely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 heavy | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 heavy | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 heavy | cop |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 heavy | advmod |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 heavy | advmod |
| 6 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 children | case |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 children | nummod |
| 9 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 heavy | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 carry | mark |
| 11 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 heavy | advcl |
| 12 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 11 carry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | He | for two children; far, heavy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | carry | to-infinitive | He not said here | safely property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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