Test 18 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework

apparently some kid flicked a pencil at his mate and it went in his eye and he's blind now. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, pencil · What happens: flick, go, be · To what, where: pencil, mate, eye, true lesson

This is test 18 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 flicked	advmod
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flicked	nsubj
4	flicked	flick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 lesson	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pencil	det
6	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flicked	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 mate	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mate	nmod:poss
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flicked	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flicked	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 eye	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 eye	nmod:poss
15	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 blind	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 blind	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 blind	cop
19	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 went	conj
20	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 went	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 flicked	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 lesson	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 lesson	cop
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 lesson	det
25	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 lesson	amod
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	26 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flick	past	some kid	a pencil	kid's mate		apparently property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme at mate=Destination
2	go	past	pencil		kid's eye	now		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in eye=Location
3	is	present	kid				blind property	tree rules
4	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 · ← Mova's choice

Throw only blunt pencils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 pencils	advmod
3	blunt	blunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pencils	amod
4	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	blunt pencils					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme

Option 2

Wear glasses in class so it doesn't matter if it hits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wear	wear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 glasses	compound
2	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 matter	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 class	case
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 glasses	nmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 matter	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 matter	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 matter	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 matter	advmod
9	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 hits	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hits	nsubj
12	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 matter	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	Wear glasses in class						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	hit a condition, not said to happen	present	class						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Eyes heal quickly from anything that hits them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heal	nsubj
2	heal	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 heal	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 anything	case
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 heal	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 hits	nsubj
7	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 anything	acl:relcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present	Eyes			anything		quickly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	hit	present		Eyes = eye					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Never throw sharp things in class, even in fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 throw	advmod
2	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 throw	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 class	case
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throw	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fun	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	10 fun	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 fun	case
10	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not throw	imperative	you not said here	sharp things		class		in fun	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme in class=Destination

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