Test 7 · ★ · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming

Why are rugby mouthguards worn even by young players?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, wear · To what, where: rugby mouthguards

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 mouthguards	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mouthguards	cop
3	rugby	rugby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mouthguards	compound
4	mouthguards	mouthguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 mouthguards	acl
6	even	even	ADV	_	9 players	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 players	case
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 players	amod
9	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worn	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mouthguards	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		rugby mouthguards					tree rules
2	wear	participle		rugby mouthguards not said here				by young players	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

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

They protect the teeth and mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 protect	nsubj
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teeth	det
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protect	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mouth	cc
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	They	the teeth and mouth					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Beneficiary

Option 2

They help the players breathe more deeply while running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 players	det
4	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 breathe	nsubj
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 help	conj
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 deeply	advmod
7	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	5 breathe	advmod
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 running	mark
9	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 breathe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	help	present	They		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	breathe	present	the players	deeply property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	run	gerund	the players not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They taste nice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 taste	nsubj
2	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 taste	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	present	They					nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

They keep the mouth warm on cold winter mornings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mouth	det
4	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 mornings	case
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mornings	amod
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mornings	compound
9	mornings	morning	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	They	the mouth			morning	warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme

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