Test 17 · ★ · Soccer, American football and baseball

did u hear a kid was swinging on the goal post and the whole goal fell on him? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, whole goal · What happens: hear, swing, fall · To what, where: goal post, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swinging	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 swinging	aux
7	swinging	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hear	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 post	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 post	det
10	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 post	compound
11	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swinging	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fell	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 goal	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 goal	amod
15	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fell	nsubj
16	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 swinging	conj
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fell	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 lesson	punct
20	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 lesson	amod
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fell	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	swing	past · progressive	a kid		the goal post		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on post=Trajectory
3	fall	past	the whole goal	real lesson		on kid	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location

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

Only swing on goals that look heavy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 swing	advmod
2	swing	swing	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 goals	case
4	goals	goal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swing	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 look	nsubj
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 goals	acl:relcl
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	imperative	you not said here			goals			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on goal=Trajectory
2	look	present	goals					heavy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Swing from the side, not the bar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 side	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 side	det
4	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swing	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bar	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 bar	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bar	det
8	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swing	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Goals are bolted down so they're always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goals	goal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bolted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bolted	aux:pass
3	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 bolted	compound:prt
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 safe	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 safe	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 safe	advmod
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bolted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bolt down	present · passive		Goals					vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: subject=Patient
2	is	present	Goals = goal					always, safe property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never climb or hang on a goal; tell an adult if it wobbles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 climb	advmod
2	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 hang	cc
4	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 climb	conj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 goal	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 goal	det
7	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hang	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 climb	parataxis
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 wobbles	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wobbles	nsubj
14	wobbles	wobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	not climb	imperative	you not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hang	infinitive	you not said here		a goal	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on goal=Location
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
4	wobble a condition, not said to happen	present	adult			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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