Test 14 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

lost again, wanna throw the bat

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: lose, throw · To what, where: bat

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	again	again	ADV	_	1 lost	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 throw	punct
4	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	5 throw	dep
5	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 lost	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bat	det
7	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle					again		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	throw	infinitive		the bat					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=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 · ✓ the right answer

No, put it down and cool off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 put	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 put	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cool	cc
7	cool	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 put	advcl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 cool	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put down	imperative	you not said here	it					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
2	cool off	present	you not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Throw it at the fence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 fence	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fence	det
5	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	it		the fence			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at fence=Destination

Option 3

Throw it at the grass, it can't hurt grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 grass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grass	det
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hurt	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hurt	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 hurt	advmod
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	parataxis
11	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	it		the grass			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at grass=Destination
2	not hurt	can	grass	grass					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grass=Patient

Option 4

Only throw it gently, so it doesn't break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 throw	advmod
2	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 throw	obj
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	2 throw	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 break	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 break	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 break	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 break	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 break	advmod
10	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 throw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	it				gently property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not break	present · do-support	it						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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