Test 19 · ★ · Running games and the playground

my mate says a kid ran with a lolly in his mouth and the stick went through his throat. probably exaggerated, but the lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, kid, stick · What happens: say, run, go, exaggerate · To what, where: mouth, throat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	nsubj
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 lolly	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lolly	det
9	lolly	lolly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 mouth	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mouth	nmod:poss
12	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 went	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stick	det
15	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 went	nsubj
16	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ran	conj
17	through	through	ADP	_	19 throat	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 throat	nmod:poss
19	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 went	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 went	punct
21	probably	probably	ADV	_	22 exaggerated	advmod
22	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 went	parataxis
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 lesson	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	26 lesson	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 lesson	det
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	parataxis
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	run	past	a kid	kid's mouth	with a lolly	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Trajectory
3	go	past	the stick	kid's throat		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through throat=Initial_Location
4	exaggerate	participle			probably property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Never run with anything in your mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 run	advmod
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 anything	case
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 run	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mouth	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mouth	nmod:poss
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not run	imperative	you not said here			your mouth		with anything	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Trajectory

Option 2

Run slowly with lollies and it's ok

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 lollies	case
4	lollies	lolly	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Run	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ok	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ok	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ok	cop
8	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Run	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					with lollies; slowly property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with lolly=Material
2	is	present	it					ok property	tree rules

Option 3

Only sharp sweets are dangerous to run with, not lollies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 dangerous	advmod
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sweets	amod
3	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 run	mark
7	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dangerous	csubj
8	with	with	ADP	_	7 run	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lollies	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 lollies	advmod
11	lollies	lolly	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	sharp sweets					lollies obl; dangerous property	tree rules
2	run	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Lollies are fine if they're the small ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lollies	lolly	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fine	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 ones	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ones	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ones	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ones	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ones	amod
9	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Lollies					fine property	tree rules
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	Lollies = lolly	the small ones					tree rules

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