Test 17 · ★ · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming

apparently a boy hung on the basketball hoop and the whole thing came down on him. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: hang, come down, be · To what, where: boy, basketball hoop, true lesson

This is test 17 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	13 came	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 came	nsubj
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 boy	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 hoop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hoop	det
7	basketball	basketball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hoop	compound
8	hoop	hoop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 thing	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thing	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thing	amod
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hoop	conj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 lesson	advcl
14	down	down	ADV	_	13 came	advmod
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 came	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 came	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 lesson	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 lesson	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 lesson	det
21	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hang	participle		a boy not said here	the basketball hoop and the whole thing		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hoop=Location
2	come down	past	a boy			on him = he; apparently, down property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Location
3	is a	present		the true lesson			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

Hang only on outdoor hoops, they're stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	1 Hang	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 hoops	case
4	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hoops	amod
5	hoops	hoop	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hang	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stronger	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stronger	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stronger	cop
9	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Hang	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	imperative	you not said here			outdoor hoops			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hoop=Location
2	is	present	hoops = hoop					strong property	tree rules

Option 2

Hoops are built to be hung on, so he was just unlucky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hoops	hoop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 built	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 built	aux:pass
3	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 hung	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 hung	aux:pass
6	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 built	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	6 hung	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 unlucky	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 unlucky	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 unlucky	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 unlucky	cop
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 unlucky	advmod
13	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 built	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	build	present · passive		Hoops		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	hang on	to-infinitive · passive				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»
3	is	past	he		unlucky property	tree rules

Option 3

Hang with one hand, not two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 hand	case
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hand	nummod
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 two	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 two	advmod
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Hang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	imperative	you not said here	two				with one hand	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Don't hang on the rim; the hoop or you can fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 hang	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 hang	advmod
3	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 rim	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rim	det
6	rim	rim	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hang	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 fall	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hoop	det
9	hoop	hoop	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fall	nsubj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 you	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 hoop	conj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 fall	aux
13	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hang	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hang	imperative · do-support	you not said here			the rim			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rim=Location
2	fall	can	the hoop						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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