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title: A squirrel in a London park takes a crisp from a boy's hand. Why is… — Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds · tree and pragmatics
description: A squirrel in a London park takes a crisp from a boy's hand. Why is that a bad idea? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

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A squirrel in a London park takes a crisp from a boy's hand. Why is that a bad idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** squirrel · **What happens:** take, be · **To what, where:** crisp, hand, bad idea

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A squirrel in a London park takes a crisp from a boy's hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t9:1
# text = A squirrel in a London park takes a crisp from a boy's hand.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crisp	crisp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | a squirrel in a London park | a crisp |  | a boy's hand |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent crisp=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is that a bad idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t9:2
# text = Why is that a bad idea?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The park keepers will charge him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t9:o1:1
# text = The park keepers will charge him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | future | the park keepers |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location he=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Squirrels only eat crisps at night, so it will be hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t9:o2:1
# text = Squirrels only eat crisps at night, so it will be hungry
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Squirrels | crisps |  |  | night |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | future | it |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is good for squirrels to eat salty food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t9:o3:1
# text = It is good for squirrels to eat salty food
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for squirrels; good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  | salty food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People food is bad for it and it might bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t9:o4:1
# text = People food is bad for it and it might bite
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | People food |  |  |  |  | for it; bad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bite** | might | food |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: 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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