Test 18 · ★ · Running games and the playground

apparently a boy fell off the monkey bars and broke his arm in 5 places, my mate saw the bone. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, mate · What happens: fall off, break, see, be · To what, where: monkey bars, arm, 5 places, bone, true lesson

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 247 «Running games and the playground» 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 fell	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 lesson	advcl
5	off	off	ADP	_	8 bars	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bars	det
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bars	compound
8	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fell	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 broke	cc
10	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arm	nmod:poss
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broke	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 places	case
14	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 places	nummod
15	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 broke	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 saw	punct
17	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mate	nmod:poss
18	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 saw	nsubj
19	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bone	det
21	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 saw	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 lesson	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 lesson	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 lesson	det
26	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	27 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall off	past	a boy	the monkey bars		apparently property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient bar=Extent
2	break	past	a boy not said here	boy's arm	5 places		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient
3	see	past	my mate	the bone			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus
4	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 · ← Mova's choice

Only small kids fall off monkey bars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 kids	advmod
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kids	amod
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fall	nsubj
4	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 fall	compound:prt
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bars	compound
7	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fall	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	present	small kids	monkey bars					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient bar=Extent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Use both hands and go the same way; falls are common

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 hands	det
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 go	cc
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl:unmarked
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 common	punct
10	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 common	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 common	cop
12	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Use	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	both hands		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	go	infinitive	you not said here	the same way		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	falls		common property	tree rules

Option 3

Monkey bars should be banned everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bars	compound
2	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 banned	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 banned	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 banned	aux:pass
5	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 banned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	should · passive		Monkey bars				everywhere property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Hang upside down for a better grip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obj
3	down	down	ADV	_	1 Hang	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 grip	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 grip	det
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 grip	amod
7	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang down	imperative	you not said here	upside				for a better grip; down property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent upside=Patient

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