Test 14 · ★ · Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or so…
my brother says a kid stood too close at badminton and "lost an eye". what's the true bit
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, kid · What happens: say, stand, lose, be · To what, where: eye, true bit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 14 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stood | nsubj |
| 6 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 close | advmod |
| 8 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stood | xcomp |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 badminton | case |
| 10 | badminton | badminton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 close | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 lost | cc |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 lost | punct |
| 13 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 stood | conj |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 eye | det |
| 15 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lost | obj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 lost | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 stood | punct |
| 18 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 22 bit | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 bit | cop |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 bit | det |
| 21 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 bit | amod |
| 22 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stood | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stand | past | a kid | close property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | lose in a quote | past | a kid not said here | a eye | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | the true bit | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Keep a safe distance from anyone swinging a racket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 distance | det |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 distance | amod |
| 4 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 anyone | case |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 distance | nmod |
| 7 | swinging | swing | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 anyone | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 racket | det |
| 9 | racket | racket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swinging | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | a safe distance | anyone | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer distance=Beneficiary from anyone=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | swing | gerund | a racket | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent racket=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Stand close so they see you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Stand | advmod |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stand | advcl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | imperative | you not said here | close property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | see | present | they | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 3
Shuttlecocks are the only danger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shuttlecocks | shuttlecock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 danger | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 danger | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 danger | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 danger | amod |
| 5 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Shuttlecocks | the only danger | tree rules |
Option 4
Badminton rackets can't hurt, they're light as a feather
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badminton | Badminton | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 rackets | compound |
| 2 | rackets | racket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hurt | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 hurt | advmod |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 light | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 light | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 light | cop |
| 9 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hurt | conj |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 feather | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 feather | det |
| 12 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 light | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurt | can | Badminton rackets | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | present | rackets = racket | as a feather; light property | tree rules |
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