Test 18 · ★ · Music practice and ball games

apparently someone got hit in the face in dodgeball and his nose broke in 3 places. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nose · What happens: hit, break, be · To what, where: someone, face, 3 places, true lesson

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 hit	advmod
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 hit	nsubj
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hit	aux:pass
4	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 face	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 face	det
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 dodgeball	case
9	dodgeball	dodgeball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 broke	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 nose	nmod:poss
12	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 broke	nsubj
13	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hit	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 places	case
15	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 places	nummod
16	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 broke	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hit	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 lesson	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 lesson	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 lesson	det
21	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	parataxis
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hit	past · passive		someone	the face	in dodgeball; apparently property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in face=Destination
2	break	past	his nose		3 places		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location
3	is a	present		the true lesson			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

Aim at the head to win faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aim	aim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 head	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 head	det
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Aim	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 win	mark
6	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Aim	acl
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 win	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	to-infinitive						fast property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Faces don't break from balls, he must have fallen too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 break	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 break	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 break	advmod
4	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 balls	case
6	balls	ball	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 break	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fallen	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fallen	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fallen	aux
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 fallen	aux
11	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 break	advcl
12	too	too	ADV	_	11 fallen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not break	present · do-support	Faces					from balls	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from ball=Co-Patient
2	fall	must · perfect	he						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Throw below the shoulders and never at heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	below	below	ADP	_	4 shoulders	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoulders	det
4	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	1 Throw	cc
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	1 Throw	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 heads	case
8	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obl

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

Option 4

Dodgeball is only safe with soft balls at heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dodgeball	dodgeball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 safe	advmod
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 balls	case
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 balls	amod
7	balls	ball	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 heads	case
9	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dodgeball			heads		with soft balls; safe property	tree rules

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