Test 18 · ★ · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming

my mate says a rugby kid broke his neck from a high tackle and now high tackles are banned. what's the real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, rugby kid · What happens: say, break, ban, be · To what, where: neck, high tackles, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	rugby	rugby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kid	compound
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 broke	nsubj
7	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 neck	nmod:poss
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 broke	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 tackle	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tackle	det
12	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tackle	amod
13	tackle	tackle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 broke	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 banned	cc
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 banned	advmod
16	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tackles	amod
17	tackles	tackle	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 banned	nsubj:pass
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 banned	aux:pass
19	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 broke	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 banned	punct
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 lesson	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 lesson	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 lesson	det
24	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 lesson	amod
25	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 banned	parataxis
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	break	past	a rugby kid	kid's neck		from a high tackle	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent neck=Patient from tackle=Co-Patient
3	ban	present · passive		high tackles	now		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	is a	present		the real 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tackle below the shoulders; high tackles hurt heads and necks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tackle	tackle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hurt	nsubj
2	below	below	ADP	_	4 shoulders	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoulders	det
4	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tackle	nmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 hurt	punct
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tackles	amod
7	tackles	tackle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hurt	nsubj
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hurt	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 necks	cc
11	necks	neck	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 heads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past	Tackle below the shoulders	heads and necks					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Patient

Option 2

High tackles are fine in practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tackles	amod
2	tackles	tackle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 practice	case
6	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	High tackles			practice		fine property	tree rules

Option 3

Only adults get neck injuries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 adults	advmod
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 injuries	compound
5	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	adults	neck injuries					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer injury=Stimulus

Option 4

Tackle with your head down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tackle	tackle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 head	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tackle	obl
5	down	down	ADV	_	1 Tackle	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tackle	imperative	you not said here					with your head; down property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with head=Instrument

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