Test 17 · Boredom, excitement and pride

heard some kids got bored over summer n jumped off the quarry ledge, one broke both legs n an arm, my cousin knows them

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, one, cousin · What happens: hear, get, not jump off, break, know · To what, where: quarry ledge, legs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 kids	det
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	ccomp
5	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	xcomp
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 summer	case
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obl
8	n	not	ADV	_	9 jumped	advmod
9	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	13 ledge	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ledge	det
12	quarry	quarry	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ledge	compound
13	ledge	ledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jumped	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 broke	punct
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 broke	nsubj
16	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj
17	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	18 legs	det
18	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 broke	obj
19	n	n	ADP	_	21 arm	case
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 arm	det
21	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 broke	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 knows	punct
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 cousin	nmod:poss
24	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 knows	nsubj
25	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj
26	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past			summer		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	get	past	some kids			bored property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	not jump off	past		the quarry ledge			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ledge=Trajectory
4	break	past	one	both legs		n a arm	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient
5	know	present	my cousin	legs = leg			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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

Quarry jumping is completely safe as long as you are a strong swimmer and you jump feet first

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quarry	quarry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safe	nsubj
2	jumping	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Quarry	acl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 safe	advmod
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 safe	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 swimmer	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 swimmer	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 swimmer	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 swimmer	det
12	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 swimmer	amod
13	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 long	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 jump	cc
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 jump	nsubj
16	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	conj
17	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 jump	obj
18	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 jump	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	jump	gerund	Quarry not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Quarry		completely, long, safe property	tree rules
3	is a	present	you	a strong swimmer		tree rules
4	jump	present	you	feet	first property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme foot=Trajectory

Option 2

It is fine as long as an older kid goes first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 goes	mark
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kid	det
8	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 kid	amod
9	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goes	nsubj
10	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 long	advcl
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine, long property	tree rules
2	go	present	a older kid					first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It cannot be true, bored kids never take risks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 true	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 true	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 true	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 take	punct
7	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kids	amod
8	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 take	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 take	advmod
10	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	parataxis
11	risks	risk	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	can	It					true property	tree rules
2	not take	present	bored kids	risks					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Bored kids trying risky things get hurt, so pick a safe activity; the exact injuries may be blown up

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hurt	nsubj:pass
3	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kids	acl
4	risky	risky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trying	obj
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hurt	aux:pass
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pick	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 pick	advmod
10	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 hurt	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 activity	det
12	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 activity	amod
13	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pick	obj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 blown	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 injuries	det
16	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 injuries	amod
17	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 blown	nsubj:pass
18	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 blown	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 blown	aux:pass
20	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 hurt	conj
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	gerund	Bored kids not said here	risky things	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
2	hurt	present · passive		Bored kids	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	pick	infinitive		a safe activity	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent activity=Patient
4	blow up	may · passive		the exact injuries	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

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