Test 17 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework

did u hear a kid was rocking on his chair and went straight over and cracked his head on the desk? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid · What happens: hear, rock, go, crack · To what, where: chair, real lesson, head, desk · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rocking	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rocking	aux
7	rocking	rock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hear	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 chair	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 chair	nmod:poss
10	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rocking	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rocking	conj
13	straight	straight	ADV	_	14 over	advmod
14	over	over	ADV	_	12 went	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cracked	cc
16	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 went	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 head	nmod:poss
18	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cracked	obj
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 desk	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 desk	det
21	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cracked	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	24 lesson	punct
23	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 lesson	amod
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	rock	past · progressive	a kid		kid's chair		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on chair=Location
3	go	past	a kid not said here	real lesson		over property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	crack	past	a kid not said here	kid's head	the desk		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=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

Rock only on the back two legs, never on one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 legs	compound
2	only	only	ADV	_	5 back	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 back	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rock	nmod
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 legs	nummod
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 one	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 one	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 legs	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Lean on the wall behind you, then rocking is totally safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 wall	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wall	det
4	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lean	obl
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Lean	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rocking	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 rocking	advmod
9	rocking	rock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 safe	csubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 safe	cop
11	totally	totally	ADV	_	12 safe	advmod
12	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Lean	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	imperative	you not said here	the wall		behind you	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location
2	rock	gerund			then		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	rocking			safe, totally property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Don't tip back on chairs; it causes head injuries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 tip	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 tip	advmod
3	tip	tip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 tip	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 chairs	case
6	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tip	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 causes	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 causes	nsubj
9	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tip	parataxis
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 injuries	compound
11	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 causes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tip back	imperative · do-support	you not said here			chairs			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on chair=Destination
2	cause	present	it	head injuries					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient

Option 4

Only plastic chairs tip over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 chairs	advmod
2	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chairs	amod
3	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tip	nsubj
4	tip	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADV	_	4 tip	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip over	present	plastic chairs					over property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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