Test 1 · ★ · Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or so…

In badminton at school, a girl walks behind a boy who is about to swing. What should she do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, boy · What happens: walk, be, swing, do · To what, where: badminton

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared 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

Sentence 1: In badminton at school, a girl walks behind a boy who is about to swing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 badminton	case
2	badminton	badminton	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walks	obl
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 badminton	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 badminton	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 girl	det
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walks	nsubj
8	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 boy	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walks	obl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 about	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 about	cop
14	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 boy	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 swing	mark
16	swing	swing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 about	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 walks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	walk	present	a girl	badminton at school	behind a boy	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in badminton=Trajectory
2	is	present	a boy		about property	tree rules
3	swing	to-infinitive	a boy not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 should she do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	girl						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Tap him on the shoulder just as he swings, so he knows she's there

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tap	tap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tap	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 shoulder	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shoulder	det
5	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tap	obl
6	just	just	ADV	_	9 swings	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 swings	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 swings	nsubj
9	swings	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tap	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 knows	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 knows	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 knows	nsubj
13	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 swings	conj
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 there	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 there	cop
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tap	imperative	you not said here	him = he	on the shoulder	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument on shoulder=Patient
2	swing	present	he			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	know	present	he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present	she		there property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wait until he finishes and walk around at a distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 finishes	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 finishes	nsubj
4	finishes	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 walk	cc
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
7	around	around	ADV	_	6 walk	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 distance	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 distance	det
10	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	finish	present	he		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	walk around	infinitive	you not said here	at a distance; around property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at distance=Trajectory

Option 3

Walk past fast behind him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	past	past	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Walk	advmod
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here					behind him = he; fast, past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Trajectory

Option 4

Duck quickly under the racket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Duck	duck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Duck	advmod
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 racket	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 racket	det
5	racket	racket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Duck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	duck	imperative	you not said here			the racket		quickly property	vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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