Test 3 · ★ · Running games and the playground
In the school relay, Ava throws the baton to her teammate and it falls. What went wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, baton · What happens: throw, fall, go · To what, where: baton, school relay
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In the school relay, Ava throws the baton to her teammate and it falls.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 relay | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 relay | det |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 relay | compound |
| 4 | relay | relay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 throws | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 relay | punct |
| 6 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 throws | nsubj |
| 7 | throws | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 baton | det |
| 9 | baton | baton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 throws | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 teammate | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 teammate | nmod:poss |
| 12 | teammate | teammate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 throws | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 falls | cc |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 falls | nsubj |
| 15 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 throws | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 throws | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | present | Ava | the baton | the school relay | to Ava's teammate | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent baton=Theme in relay=Destination | ||
| 2 | fall | present | baton | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What went wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 went | xcomp |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
She should have thrown it higher and harder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 thrown | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 thrown | aux |
| 4 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thrown | obj |
| 6 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 thrown | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 harder | cc |
| 8 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 higher | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | should · perfect · passive | She | high property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination it=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The baton should be passed into the hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baton | det |
| 2 | baton | baton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 passed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 passed | aux:pass |
| 5 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 hand | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hand | det |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 passed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | should · passive | the baton | the hand | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into hand=Destination |
Option 3
Only the teacher may pass it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 teacher | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pass | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pass | aux |
| 5 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pass | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | may | the teacher | it | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |
Option 4
Batons should always be rolled along the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batons | baton | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rolled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 rolled | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 rolled | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rolled | aux:pass |
| 5 | rolled | roll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | along | along | ADP | _ | 8 ground | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ground | det |
| 8 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rolled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll | should · passive | Batons | the ground | always property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme along ground=Trajectory |
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