Test 17 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

did u hear, Tom's mate jumped off the garage roof for a dare n broke both legs, they say he'll never walk right again. what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, mate, dare n, legs, n · What happens: hear, jump off, break, say, not walk, be · To what, where: garage roof, legs, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 jumped	punct
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mate	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Tom	case
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jumped	nsubj
8	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
9	off	off	ADP	_	12 roof	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 roof	det
11	garage	garage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roof	compound
12	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jumped	obl
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	17 broke	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 n	det
15	dare	dare	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 n	compound
16	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 broke	nsubj
17	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 jumped	advcl
18	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	19 legs	det
19	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 broke	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 say	punct
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 say	nsubj
22	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 walk	nsubj
24	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 walk	aux
25	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	26 walk	advmod
26	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 say	ccomp
27	right	right	ADV	_	28 again	advmod
28	again	again	ADV	_	26 walk	advmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
30	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	34 lesson	nsubj
31	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 lesson	cop
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 lesson	det
33	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 lesson	amod
34	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	jump off	past	Tom's mate	the garage roof		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme roof=Trajectory
3	break	past	a dare n	both legs		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient
4	say speech: assert	present	legs = leg			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	not walk	future	n		again	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	is a	present		the real lesson		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

Only jump if your friends are watching to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 jump	advmod
2	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 watching	mark
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friends	nmod:poss
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 watching	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 watching	aux
7	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 jump	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 help	mark
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 watching	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	jump	imperative	you not said here	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	your friends	tree rules
3	help	to-infinitive	your friends not said here	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Jumping is safe as long as you land on grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jumping	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 safe	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 land	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 land	nsubj
8	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 long	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 grass	case
10	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 land	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	jump	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			long, safe property	tree rules
3	land	present	you	grass		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on grass=Destination

Option 3

Dares like that are fine if you are older and stronger than the others in the group

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dares	dare	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fine	nsubj
2	like	like	ADP	_	3 that	case
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 Dares	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 older	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 older	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 older	cop
9	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 fine	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stronger	cc
11	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 older	conj
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 others	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 others	det
14	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fine	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 group	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 group	det
17	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 others	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dares like that	than the others in the group; fine property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you	old property	tree rules
3	be		you not said here		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Say no to dangerous dares, because safety matters more than looking brave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 dares	case
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dares	amod
5	dares	dare	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Say	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 matters	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 matters	mark
8	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 matters	nsubj
9	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 looking	csubj
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 matters	advmod
11	than	than	SCONJ	_	12 looking	mark
12	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Say	ccomp
13	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 looking	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	no	to dangerous dares	tree rules
2	matter	present	safety			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	look	gerund			brave property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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