Test 8 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports
A boy in Leeds plays rugby wearing a chain necklace. What could happen?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, rugby · What happens: play, wear, happen · To what, where: rugby, chain necklace
This is test 8 · ★ 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 boy in Leeds plays rugby wearing a chain necklace.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plays | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Leeds | case |
| 4 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | rugby | rugby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plays | obj |
| 7 | wearing | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 rugby | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 necklace | det |
| 9 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 necklace | compound |
| 10 | necklace | necklace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wearing | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 plays | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | a boy in Leeds | rugby | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rugby=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wear | gerund | rugby not said here | a chain necklace | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent necklace=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 could happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The chain could catch and hurt his neck or skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chain | det |
| 2 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 catch | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 catch | aux |
| 4 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hurt | cc |
| 6 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 catch | conj |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 neck | nmod:poss |
| 8 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hurt | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 skin | cc |
| 10 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 neck | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | could | the chain | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hurt | infinitive | the chain not said here | chain's neck or skin | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He could lose points for wearing it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lose | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 lose | aux |
| 3 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lose | obj |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 wearing | mark |
| 6 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 lose | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wearing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | could | He | points | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | wear | gerund | He not said here | it | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
The chain could make the ball slip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chain | det |
| 2 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 slip | det |
| 6 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 slip | compound |
| 7 | slip | slip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | could | the chain | the ball slip | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset slip=Product |
Option 4
The chain would bring him good luck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chain | det |
| 2 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bring | aux |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bring | obj |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 luck | amod |
| 7 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | would | the chain | good luck | him = he | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination luck=Theme |
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