--- title: Why does the coach make Ava wear a helmet to bat? — Music practice and ball games · tree and pragmatics description: Why does the coach make Ava wear a helmet to bat? Test 15 · ★ 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 was right. --- [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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Music practice and ball games Why does the coach make Ava wear a helmet to bat? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ava · **What happens:** make, wear · **To what, where:** Ava, helmet This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» 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/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t15:1 # text = Why does the coach make Ava wear a helmet to bat? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · do-support | | Ava | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | infinitive | Ava *not said here* | a helmet | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme | 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} Helmets make the bat swing faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t15:o1:1 # text = Helmets make the bat swing faster 1 Helmets helmet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 swing swing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Helmets | the bat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bat=Product | | 2 | **swing** | present | Helmets *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} It helps her see the ball ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t15:o2:1 # text = It helps her see the ball 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | It | her *= she* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | the ball | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} It keeps the sun off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t15:o3:1 # text = It keeps the sun off 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep off** | present | It | the sun | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A fast ball can break her face or skull ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t15:o4:1 # text = A fast ball can break her face or skull 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | can | a fast ball | her face or skull | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Patient | **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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