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description: apparently a boy hung on the basketball hoop and the whole thing came down on him. what's the true lesson? Test 17 · ★ of lesson 249 «Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 17 · ★ · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming

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apparently a boy hung on the basketball hoop and the whole thing came down on him. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** hang, come down, be · **To what, where:** boy, basketball hoop, true lesson

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This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 249 «Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming» 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/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t17:1
# text = apparently a boy hung on the basketball hoop and the whole thing came down on him. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	basketball	basketball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hoop	hoop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
14	down	down	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	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	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | a boy *not said here* |  | the basketball hoop and the whole thing |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hoop=Location |
| 2 | **come down** | past | a boy |  |  |  |  | on him *= he*; apparently, down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=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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Hang only on outdoor hoops, they're stronger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t17:o1:1
# text = Hang only on outdoor hoops, they're stronger
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hoops	hoop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | outdoor hoops |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hoop=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | hoops *= hoop* |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hoops are built to be hung on, so he was just unlucky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t17:o2:1
# text = Hoops are built to be hung on, so he was just unlucky
1	Hoops	hoop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present · passive |  | Hoops |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **hang on** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V» |
| 3 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | unlucky *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hang with one hand, not two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t17:o3:1
# text = Hang with one hand, not two
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* | two |  |  |  | with one hand | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Don't hang on the rim; the hoop or you can fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t17:o4:1
# text = Don't hang on the rim; the hoop or you can fall
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rim	rim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hoop	hoop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	conj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hang** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the rim |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rim=Location |
| 2 | **fall** | can | the hoop |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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