Test 16 · ★ · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming

did u hear a kid was fielding right next to the batter with no helmet and the ball hit him in the head? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, fielding · What happens: hear, field, hit · To what, where: kid, head

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 249 «Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming» 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 fielding	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fielding	aux
7	fielding	field	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 hit	csubj
8	right	right	ADV	_	9 next	advmod
9	next	next	ADV	_	7 fielding	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 batter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 batter	det
12	batter	batter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 next	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 helmet	case
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 helmet	det
15	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 batter	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ball	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ball	det
18	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 helmet	conj
19	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 hit	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 head	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 head	det
23	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hit	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	26 lesson	punct
25	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 lesson	amod
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hit	obl
27	?	?	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 PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	field	past · progressive	a kid			next property	tree rules
3	hit	past	fielding	kid	the head	real lesson obl	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in head=Destination

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 batters can get hit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 batters	advmod
2	batters	batter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	can	batters						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hit	participle	batters not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Stand closer so the ball can't build up speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Stand	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 build	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ball	det
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 build	nsubj
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 build	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 build	advmod
8	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stand	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 build	compound:prt
10	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 build	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here					close property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not build up	can	the ball	speed					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer speed=Patient

Option 3

Cricket balls are soft enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 balls	compound
2	balls	ball	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 soft	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 soft	cop
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 soft	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cricket balls					enough, soft property	tree rules

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

Close fielders wear a helmet or stand back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fielders	amod
2	fielders	fielder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wear	nsubj
3	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 helmet	det
5	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wear	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stand	cc
7	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wear	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 stand	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	Close fielders	a helmet					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme
2	stand back	infinitive	Close fielders not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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