--- title: Your uncle says «Stay inside while I mow». Why? — Safe and kind in gardens and forests · tree and pragmatics description: Your uncle says «Stay inside while I mow». Why? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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/229-gardens-and-forests/t5/) [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/) / [Safe and kind in gardens and forests](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests Your uncle says «Stay inside while I mow». Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle · **What happens:** say, stay, mow · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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/229-gardens-and-forests/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your uncle says «Stay inside while I mow». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t5:1 # text = Your uncle says «Stay inside while I mow». 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 6 inside inside ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 mow mow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your uncle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mow** *in a quote* | present | Your uncle *= uncle* | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t5:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Mowing only works when nobody watches ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t5:o1:1 # text = Mowing only works when nobody watches 1 Mowing mow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 6 watches watch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **work** | present | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **watch** | present | nobody | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The noise will hurt the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t5:o2:1 # text = The noise will hurt the house 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | future | the noise | the house | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} You would get grass on your clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t5:o3:1 # text = You would get grass on your clothes 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | You | grass | | your clothes | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent grass=Theme on clothes=Source | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The mower can throw stones and its blade can cut ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t5:o4:1 # text = The mower can throw stones and its blade can cut 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mower mower NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | can | the mower | stones | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 2 | **cut** | can | mower's blade | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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