Test 3 · ★ · Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking

Why might a hoodie with long cords be a bad choice for the playground?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hoodie · What happens: be · To what, where: bad choice

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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	11 choice	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 choice	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hoodie	det
4	hoodie	hoodie	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 choice	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 cords	case
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cords	amod
7	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hoodie	nmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 choice	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 choice	det
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 choice	amod
11	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 playground	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 playground	det
14	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 choice	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 choice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	might	a hoodie with long cords	a bad choice				for the playground	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

Cords are too bright in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bright	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bright	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 bright	advmod
4	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bright	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cords			the sun		bright property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The cords can catch on equipment and strangle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cords	det
2	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 catch	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 catch	aux
4	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 equipment	case
6	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catch	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 strangle	cc
8	strangle	strangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 catch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	can	the cords			equipment			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	strangle	infinitive	the cords not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Hoodies make you much slower going down the slide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hoodies	hoodie	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 slower	advmod
5	slower	slow	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 going	advmod
6	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 make	advcl
7	down	down	ADP	_	9 slide	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 slide	det
9	slide	slide	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Hoodies	you					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product
2	go down	gerund	Hoodies not said here	the slide				slow property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient slide=Extent

Option 4

Hoodies fall off on the swings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hoodies	hoodie	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fall	nsubj
2	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 fall	compound:prt
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 swings	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 swings	det
6	swings	swing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	present	Hoodies			the swings			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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