--- title: You are walking near stinging nettles in shorts. What would have hel… — Home alone, keys and garden play · tree and pragmatics description: You are walking near stinging nettles in shorts. What would have helped? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 116 «Home alone, keys and garden play» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Home alone, keys and garden play](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play You are walking near stinging nettles in shorts. What would have helped? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** walk, sting, help · **To what, where:** stinging nettles This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 116 «Home alone, keys and garden play» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You are walking near stinging nettles in shorts. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t9:1 # text = You are walking near stinging nettles in shorts. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 stinging sting VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 amod _ _ 6 nettles nettle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 shorts short NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present · progressive | You | | | stinging nettles | | in shorts | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near nettle=Trajectory | | 2 | **sting** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 would have helped? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t9:2 # text = What would have helped? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | would · perfect | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Wearing long sleeves and long trousers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t9:o1:1 # text = Wearing long sleeves and long trousers 1 Wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sleeves sleeve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 trousers trousers NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | gerund | | long sleeves and long trousers | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sleeve=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Running through them quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t9:o2:1 # text = Running through them quickly 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | through them *= they*; quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wearing sandals ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t9:o3:1 # text = Wearing sandals 1 Wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 sandals sandal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | gerund | | sandals | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sandal=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Touching them gently with one finger ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t9:o4:1 # text = Touching them gently with one finger 1 Touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 gently gently ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | with one finger; gently *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Experiencer with finger=Instrument | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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