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description: apparently someone got hit in the face in dodgeball and his nose broke in 3 places. what's the true lesson? Test 18 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 18 · ★ · Music practice and ball games

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apparently someone got hit in the face in dodgeball and his nose broke in 3 places. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nose · **What happens:** hit, break, be · **To what, where:** someone, face, 3 places, true lesson

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t18:1
# text = apparently someone got hit in the face in dodgeball and his nose broke in 3 places. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dodgeball	dodgeball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past · passive |  | someone |  | the face |  | in dodgeball; apparently *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in face=Destination |
| 2 | **break** | past | his nose |  |  | 3 places |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the true lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Aim at the head to win faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t18:o1:1
# text = Aim at the head to win faster
1	Aim	aim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Faces don't break from balls, he must have fallen too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t18:o2:1
# text = Faces don't break from balls, he must have fallen too
1	Faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
11	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **break** | present · do-support | Faces |  |  |  |  | from balls | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from ball=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **fall** | must · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Throw below the shoulders and never at heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t18:o3:1
# text = Throw below the shoulders and never at heads
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	below	below	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	1	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	1	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the shoulders |  | at heads | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent below shoulder=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dodgeball is only safe with soft balls at heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t18:o4:1
# text = Dodgeball is only safe with soft balls at heads
1	Dodgeball	dodgeball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dodgeball |  |  | heads |  | with soft balls; safe *property* | tree rules |

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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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