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title: did u hear a kid climbed on the school roof to get the ball and fell… — Music practice and ball games · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear a kid climbed on the school roof to get the ball and fell off? real lesson? Test 17 · ★ 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.
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# Test 17 · ★ · Music practice and ball games

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did u hear a kid climbed on the school roof to get the ball and fell off? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u · **What happens:** hear, climb, get, fall off · **To what, where:** kid, school roof, ball, real lesson

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t17:1
# text = did u hear a kid climbed on the school roof to get the ball and fell off? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	climbed	climb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	off	off	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
19	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | a kid |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus |
| 2 | **climb** | participle |  | a kid *not said here* |  | the school roof |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on roof=Trajectory |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus |
| 4 | **fall off** | past | u *not said here* | real lesson |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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Throw another ball to knock it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t17:o1:1
# text = Throw another ball to knock it down
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	knock	knock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | another ball |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |
| 2 | **knock down** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | ball |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A ball on a roof is a job for an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t17:o2:1
# text = A ball on a roof is a job for an adult
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a ball on a roof | a job |  |  |  | for a adult | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Roofs are safe if you're careful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t17:o3:1
# text = Roofs are safe if you're careful
1	Roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Roofs |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Climb up quickly before a teacher sees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t17:o4:1
# text = Climb up quickly before a teacher sees
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present | a teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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