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Test 9 · ★ · Music practice and ball games

A toddler in Auckland hammers a piano with toy blocks. Why should you stop him gently?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toddler, you · What happens: hammer, stop · To what, where: piano, toddler

This is test 9 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A toddler in Auckland hammers a piano with toy blocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 toddler	det
2	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hammers	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Auckland	case
4	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 toddler	nmod
5	hammers	hammer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 piano	det
7	piano	piano	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hammers	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 blocks	case
9	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blocks	compound
10	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 piano	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hammers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hammer	present	a toddler in Auckland	a piano				with toy blocks	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent piano=Patient with block=Instrument

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 should you stop him gently?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 stop	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 stop	nsubj
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stop	obj
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	4 stop	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	should	you	toddler				gently property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector he=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The blocks will become stuck forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blocks	det
2	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 become	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 become	aux
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 become	xcomp
6	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 stuck	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	future	the blocks					stuck property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The piano will start to play all by itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 piano	det
2	piano	piano	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 start	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 start	aux
4	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 play	mark
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 start	xcomp
7	all	all	ADV	_	6 play	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 itself	case
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	future	the piano						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	play	to-infinitive	the piano not said here					by piano; all property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The keys and hammers inside can be damaged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keys	det
2	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 damaged	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hammers	cc
4	hammers	hammer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keys	conj
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 hammers	advmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 damaged	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 damaged	aux:pass
8	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	can · passive		the keys and hammers					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The neighbours will call the police about the noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 neighbours	det
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 call	aux
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 police	det
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 noise	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 noise	det
9	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	future	the neighbours	the police				about the noise	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

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