Test 15 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework

Why is throwing a pencil across the classroom a bad idea?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: throw · To what, where: pencil, classroom

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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	3 throwing	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 throwing	aux
3	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pencil	det
5	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throwing	obj
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 classroom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 classroom	det
8	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throwing	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 idea	det
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 idea	amod
11	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throwing	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 throwing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present · progressive		a pencil		the classroom			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Destination idea=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

Pencils are school property and cost the school money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 property	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 property	cop
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 property	compound
4	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cost	cc
6	cost	cost	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 property	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 money	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 money	compound
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Pencils	school property					tree rules
2	cost	infinitive	Pencils not said here	the school money					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value

Option 2

It might break the pencil lead inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 break	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 break	aux
3	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lead	det
5	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lead	compound
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	obj
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 break	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	might	It	the pencil lead				inside property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lead=Patient

Option 3

It wastes time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wastes	nsubj
2	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wastes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waste	present	It				time		vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument

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

Its point can hit someone in the eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 point	nmod:poss
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hit	aux
4	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 hit	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 eye	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eye	det
8	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	can	Its point	someone		the eye			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent someone=Theme in eye=Destination
2	point		Its = it						nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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