Test 17 · ★ · Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games
did u hear a kid threw sand at the beach and "his mate's eye got scratched, he had to wear a patch for weeks". lesson?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid · What happens: hear, throw, scratch, have, wear · To what, where: lesson, sand, beach, eye, patch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 303 «Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games» 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 | 6 threw | nsubj |
| 6 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | parataxis |
| 7 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 threw | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 beach | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 beach | det |
| 10 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 threw | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 scratched | cc |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 scratched | punct |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 mate | nmod:poss |
| 14 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 eye | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 mate | case |
| 16 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 scratched | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 scratched | aux:pass |
| 18 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 threw | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 had | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 had | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | parataxis |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 wear | mark |
| 23 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 had | xcomp |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 patch | det |
| 25 | patch | patch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 wear | obj |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 weeks | case |
| 27 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 wear | obl |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 had | punct |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| 30 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obj |
| 31 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | lesson | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | throw | past | a kid | sand | the beach | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sand=Theme at beach=Destination | |||
| 3 | scratch in a quote | past · passive | kid's mate's eye | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | have in a quote | past | kid | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | wear in a quote | to-infinitive | kid not said here | a patch | week | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent patch=Source |
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
It's fine if you aim low
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 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 aim | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 aim | nsubj |
| 6 | aim | aim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | low | low | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 aim | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | aim a condition, not said to happen | present | you | low property | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never throw sand; it can scratch the eyes
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 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 throw | obj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 scratch | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 scratch | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 scratch | aux |
| 7 | scratch | scratch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 throw | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 eyes | det |
| 9 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 scratch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not throw | imperative | you not said here | sand | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Theme | ||||
| 2 | scratch | can | sand | the eyes | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
Option 3
Sand is soft so it can't hurt anyone's eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 soft | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 soft | cop |
| 3 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 hurt | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hurt | nsubj |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 hurt | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 hurt | advmod |
| 8 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 soft | advcl |
| 9 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 anyone | case |
| 11 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sand | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not hurt | can | Sand | anyone's eyes | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Patient |
Option 4
Only wet sand is dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 wet | advmod |
| 2 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sand | amod |
| 3 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dangerous | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dangerous | cop |
| 5 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wet sand | dangerous property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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