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title: Why do so many arms get broken on swings? — Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do so many arms get broken on swings? Test 5 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

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Why do so many arms get broken on swings?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** break · **To what, where:** many arms, swings

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t5:1
# text = Why do so many arms get broken on swings?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	swings	swing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · passive · do-support |  | many arms |  | swings |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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Swings go far too slowly for real safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t5:o1:1
# text = Swings go far too slowly for real safety
1	Swings	swing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Swings |  |  |  |  | for real safety; slowly *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for safety=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children hold on tight with both hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t5:o2:1
# text = Children hold on tight with both hands
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold on** | present | Children |  |  |  |  | with both hands; tight *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swings are made of weak metal that snaps easily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t5:o3:1
# text = Swings are made of weak metal that snaps easily
1	Swings	swing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	snaps	snap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Swings |  |  |  | of weak metal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **snap** | present | weak metal |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children jump off or stand up on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t5:o4:1
# text = Children jump off or stand up on them
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | present | Children |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stand up** | infinitive | Children *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on Children *= child* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location |

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