Test 6 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports
A soccer goal at school has no pegs or weights holding it down. What is the right thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: soccer goal, pegs, right thing · What happens: have, hold down, be, do · To what, where: pegs, goal
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A soccer goal at school has no pegs or weights holding it down.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 goal | det |
| 2 | soccer | soccer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goal | compound |
| 3 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 school | case |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goal | nmod |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 pegs | det |
| 8 | pegs | peg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 has | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 weights | cc |
| 10 | weights | weight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pegs | conj |
| 11 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 pegs | acl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 holding | obj |
| 13 | down | down | ADP | _ | 11 holding | compound:prt |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a soccer goal at school | no pegs or weights | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peg=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hold down | gerund | no pegs or weights not said here | goal | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: What is the right thing to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the right thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a teacher and keep off it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 keep | cc |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 keep | compound:prt |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 keep | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | keep off | infinitive | you not said here | teacher | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Climb up to check it is still strong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADV | _ | 1 Climb | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 check | mark |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Climb | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 strong | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 strong | cop |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 strong | advmod |
| 8 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 check | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | check | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | it | still | strong property | tree rules |
Option 3
Kick the post to see if it falls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 post | det |
| 3 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kick | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Kick | advcl |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 falls | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 falls | nsubj |
| 8 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | imperative | you not said here | the post | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent post=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | fall a condition, not said to happen | present | post | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Hang from the bar to test it out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hang | hang | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 bar | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bar | det |
| 4 | bar | bar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hang | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 test | mark |
| 6 | test | test | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hang | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 test | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 test | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | imperative | you not said here | the bar | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | test out | to-infinitive | you not said here | bar | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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