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title: older kids at the park pointing at a couple on the bench "ewww they'… — Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds · tree and pragmatics
description: older kids at the park pointing at a couple on the bench "ewww they're snogging" Test 20 · ★ of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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.
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# Test 20 · ★ · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

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older kids at the park pointing at a couple on the bench "ewww they're snogging"

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** park, older kids · **What happens:** point, snog · **To what, where:** couple

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This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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/228-parks-and-playgrounds/#t20).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t20:1
# text = older kids at the park pointing at a couple on the bench "ewww they're snogging"
1	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	ewww	ewww	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	snogging	snog	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | gerund | the park *not said here* |  |  | a couple |  | on the bench | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **snog** *in a quote* | present · progressive | older kids at the park |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Throw things at them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t20:o1:1
# text = Throw things at them
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | things |  |  |  | at things *= thing* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at they=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go and watch them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t20:o2:1
# text = Go and watch them
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Take photos and share them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t20:o3:1
# text = Take photos and share them
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | photos |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
| 2 | **share** | present | you *not said here* | photos *= photo* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The couple are kissing, which is their private business; ignore it and keep playing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t20:o4:1
# text = The couple are kissing, which is their private business; ignore it and keep playing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	kissing	kiss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | present · progressive | the couple |  |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | their private business |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ignore** | infinitive |  | couple |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **keep** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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