Test 18 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports
my cousin says a kid tried a backflip on the trampoline after watching videos and "can never walk again". what's the bit to trust
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, kid · What happens: say, try, watch, not walk, be, trust · To what, where: backflip, trampoline, videos, bit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tried | nsubj |
| 6 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 backflip | det |
| 8 | backflip | backflip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tried | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 trampoline | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 trampoline | det |
| 11 | trampoline | trampoline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tried | obl |
| 12 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 13 watching | mark |
| 13 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 tried | advcl |
| 14 | videos | video | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 watching | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 walk | cc |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 walk | punct |
| 17 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 walk | aux |
| 18 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 19 walk | advmod |
| 19 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 tried | conj |
| 20 | again | again | ADV | _ | 19 walk | advmod |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 walk | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 23 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 26 bit | nsubj |
| 24 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 bit | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 bit | det |
| 26 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 trust | mark |
| 28 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 bit | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | try | past | a kid | a backflip | the trampoline | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backflip=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | watch | gerund | a kid not said here | videos | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not walk in a quote | can | a kid not said here | again | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | the bit | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | trust | to-infinitive | my cousin not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Don't try backflips without a coach; landing on the head can hurt the neck
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 try | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 try | advmod |
| 3 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | backflips | backflip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 try | obj |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 coach | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 coach | det |
| 7 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 try | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 hurt | punct |
| 9 | landing | land | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 hurt | csubj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 head | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 head | det |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 landing | obl |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 hurt | aux |
| 14 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 try | parataxis |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 neck | det |
| 16 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not try | imperative · do-support | you not said here | backflips | without a coach | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backflip=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | land | gerund | the head | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on head=Destination | |||||
| 3 | hurt | can | landing | the neck | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient |
Option 2
Backflips are easy to learn from videos if you watch them slowly enough times first
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backflips | backflip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 easy | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 easy | cop |
| 3 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 learn | mark |
| 5 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 easy | csubj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 videos | case |
| 7 | videos | video | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 learn | obl |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 watch | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 watch | nsubj |
| 10 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 learn | advcl |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 watch | obj |
| 12 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 10 watch | advmod |
| 13 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 times | amod |
| 14 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 watch | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 watch | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Backflips | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | learn | to-infinitive | videos | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from video=Source | |||||
| 3 | watch a condition, not said to happen | present | you | Backflips = backflip | time | first, slowly property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3
Neck injuries only happen to adults
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 injuries | compound |
| 2 | injuries | injury | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 adults | case |
| 6 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 happen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | Neck injuries | to adults | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Trampolines make every landing safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trampolines | trampoline | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 landing | det |
| 4 | landing | landing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Trampolines | every landing | safe property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset landing=Product |
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