--- title: Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response when a b… — Music practice and ball games · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response when a ball flies towards one's face? Exam question 2 of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/e2/) [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/) / [Music practice and ball games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Music practice and ball games Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response when a ball flies towards one's face? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ball · **What happens:** follow, constitute, fly · **To what, where:** appropriate response, face This is exam question 2 of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:e2:1 # text = Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response when a ball flies towards one's face? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 5 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 towards towards ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **constitute** | present | | the appropriate response | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme response=Pivot | | 3 | **fly** | present | a ball | | | one's face | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards face=Destination | 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} Opening the mouth wide in order to shout ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:e2:o1:1 # text = Opening the mouth wide in order to shout 1 Opening open VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 8 mark _ _ 6 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 fixed _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | gerund | | the mouth | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Raising the hands and turning the head ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:e2:o2:1 # text = Raising the hands and turning the head 1 Raising raise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | gerund | | the hands | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | | the head | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Standing perfectly still with the eyes closed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:e2:o3:1 # text = Standing perfectly still with the eyes closed 1 Standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | still | with the eyes | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **close** | participle | | the eyes *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Leaning forward towards the ball ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:e2:o4:1 # text = Leaning forward towards the ball 1 Leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 forward forward ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 towards towards ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean** | gerund | | | | | | towards the ball; forward *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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