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title: apparently a boy fell off the monkey bars and broke his arm in 5 pla… — Running games and the playground · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently a boy fell off the monkey bars and broke his arm in 5 places, my mate saw the bone. what's the true lesson? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 247 «Running games and the playground» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 18 · ★ · Running games and the playground

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apparently a boy fell off the monkey bars and broke his arm in 5 places, my mate saw the bone. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, mate · **What happens:** fall off, break, see, be · **To what, where:** monkey bars, arm, 5 places, bone, true lesson

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 247 «Running games and the playground» 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/247-running-games-and-playground/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:247-running-games-and-playground:t18:1
# text = apparently a boy fell off the monkey bars and broke his arm in 5 places, my mate saw the bone. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | past | a boy | the monkey bars |  |  |  | apparently *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient bar=Extent |
| 2 | **break** | past | a boy *not said here* | boy's arm |  | 5 places |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient |
| 3 | **see** | past | my mate | the bone |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus |
| 4 | **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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only small kids fall off monkey bars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:247-running-games-and-playground:t18:o1:1
# text = Only small kids fall off monkey bars
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | present | small kids | monkey bars |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient bar=Extent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Use both hands and go the same way; falls are common

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:247-running-games-and-playground:t18:o2:1
# text = Use both hands and go the same way; falls are common
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	falls	fall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | both hands |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the same way |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | falls |  |  |  |  | common *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Monkey bars should be banned everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:247-running-games-and-playground:t18:o3:1
# text = Monkey bars should be banned everywhere
1	Monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | should · passive |  | Monkey bars |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hang upside down for a better grip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:247-running-games-and-playground:t18:o4:1
# text = Hang upside down for a better grip
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	upside	upside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang down** | imperative | you *not said here* | upside |  |  |  | for a better grip; down *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent upside=Patient |

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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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