Test 19 · ★ · Soccer, American football and baseball

my mate says in baseball u throw the bat after hitting to run faster. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, u · What happens: say, throw, hit, run · To what, where: baseball, bat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	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	in	in	ADP	_	5 baseball	case
5	baseball	baseball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obl
6	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 throw	nsubj
7	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bat	det
9	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throw	obj
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 hitting	mark
11	hitting	hit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 throw	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 run	mark
13	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hitting	xcomp
14	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 run	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
16	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		baseball		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	throw	present	u	the bat			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Theme
3	hit	gerund	u not said here				tree rules
4	run	to-infinitive	u not said here			fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, as long as nobody is standing anywhere near you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 standing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	8 standing	cc
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 as	fixed
5	as	as	ADP	_	3 as	fixed
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 standing	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 standing	aux
8	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 standing	advmod
10	near	near	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present · progressive	nobody					near you; anywhere property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near you=Location

Option 2

Yes, throw it hard toward first base

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 throw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 throw	obj
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 throw	xcomp
6	toward	toward	ADP	_	8 base	case
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 base	amod
8	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	it				toward first base; hard property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Yes, it helps you run

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 helps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 helps	nsubj
4	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 helps	obj
6	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 helps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	it	you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	run	infinitive	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

No, drop the bat; throwing it can hurt people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 drop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bat	det
5	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drop	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 hurt	punct
7	throwing	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 hurt	csubj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 throwing	obj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 drop	conj
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	drop	imperative	you not said here	the bat	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Theme
2	throw	gerund		bat	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	hurt	can	throwing	people	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient

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