Test 17 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

apparently a kid got so mad losing at footy he threw his boot and hit a little kid in the face. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, true lesson · What happens: get, lose, throw, hit, be · To what, where: footy, boot, little kid, face

This is test 17 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 mad	advmod
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	xcomp
7	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 mad	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 footy	case
9	footy	footy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 losing	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 threw	nsubj
11	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 footy	acl:relcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 boot	nmod:poss
13	boot	boot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 threw	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hit	cc
15	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 threw	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 kid	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 kid	amod
18	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hit	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 face	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 face	det
21	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hit	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 got	parataxis
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 what	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 lesson	det
26	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 what	nsubj
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	past	a kid			apparently, mad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	lose	gerund	a kid not said here		footy		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent at footy=Eventuality
3	throw	past	kid	kid's boot			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme
4	hit	past	kid not said here	a little kid	the face		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent kid=Theme in face=Destination
5	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

Little kids shouldn't be allowed to watch games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 allowed	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	aux:pass
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 watch	mark
8	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	xcomp
9	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	should · passive		Little kids					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	Little kids not said here	games					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Anger at losing can hurt others; calm down first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 losing	case
3	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Anger	nmod
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 calm	punct
8	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hurt	conj
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 calm	compound:prt
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 calm	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hurt	can	Anger	others		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Patient
3	calm down	infinitive	Anger not said here		first property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Losing is never upsetting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Losing	losing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 upsetting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 upsetting	cop
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 upsetting	advmod
4	upsetting	upsetting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Losing					upsetting property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Throw things only at the big kids, who can take it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 kids	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 kids	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kids	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kids	amod
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 take	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 take	aux
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	parataxis
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	things				at the big kids	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at kid=Destination
2	take	can		it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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