Test 12 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

borrowing a helmet from the club box, just put it on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: borrow, put on · To what, where: helmet, club box

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» 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	borrowing	borrow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 put	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 helmet	det
3	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 borrowing	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 box	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 box	det
6	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 box	compound
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 borrowing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 put	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 put	advmod
10	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 put	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	10 put	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	gerund		a helmet		the club box			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme from box=Source
2	put on	imperative	you not said here	helmet					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

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

Wear it backwards to be safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wear	obj
3	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	1 Wear	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 safe	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 safe	cop
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wear	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	imperative	you not said here	it				backwards property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here					safe property	tree rules

Option 2

Fine, helmets can't carry anything, they're just plastic and foam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 helmets	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carry	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 carry	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 carry	advmod
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 carry	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 plastic	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 plastic	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 plastic	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 plastic	advmod
12	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carry	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 foam	cc
14	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plastic	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not carry	can	Fine helmets	anything					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
2	is a	present	helmets = helmet	plastic and foam					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Clean it first, shared helmets spread lice and germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Clean	obj
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Clean	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 spread	punct
5	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 helmets	amod
6	helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spread	nsubj
7	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Clean	parataxis
8	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spread	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 germs	cc
10	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	clean	imperative	you not said here	it	first property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	share	participle				tree rules
3	spread	present	shared helmets	lice and germs		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location louse=Theme

Option 4

Fine if it fits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 fits	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fits	nsubj
4	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present	it						vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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