Test 5 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

Which is the safest way to carry a pencil when hurrying across the classroom?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, carry, hurry · To what, where: safest way, pencil, classroom

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 carry	mark
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pencil	det
9	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 hurrying	advmod
11	hurrying	hurry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 carry	advcl
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 classroom	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 classroom	det
14	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hurrying	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	the safest way		tree rules
2	carry	to-infinitive	a pencil		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme
3	hurry	gerund		the classroom	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across classroom=Trajectory

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

In your hand pointing down, walking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 hand	case
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hand	nmod:poss
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	pointing	point	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 hand	acl
5	down	down	ADV	_	4 pointing	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 walking	punct
7	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 pointing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point down	gerund	your hand not said here					down property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk	gerund	your hand not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Tucked behind your ear while you run

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tucked	tuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	4 ear	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ear	nmod:poss
4	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tucked	obl
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 run	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 run	nsubj
7	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tucked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	participle				your ear			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent behind ear=Trajectory
2	run	present	you						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Point first in your hand while running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hand	compound
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 hand	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hand	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hand	nmod:poss
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 running	mark
7	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 hand	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund	your Point hand not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

In your mouth so your hands are free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 mouth	case
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mouth	nmod:poss
3	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 free	mark
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 free	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 free	cop
8	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mouth	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	your hands	your mouth not said here				free property	tree rules

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