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title: A boy in Minnesota raises his hockey stick to his head while chasing… — Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Minnesota raises his hockey stick to his head while chasing the puck. Why is this a foul? Test 5 · ★ 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 option; M
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# Test 5 · ★ · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming

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A boy in Minnesota raises his hockey stick to his head while chasing the puck. Why is this a foul?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, this · **What happens:** raise, chase, be · **To what, where:** hockey stick, head, puck

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Minnesota raises his hockey stick to his head while chasing the puck.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t5:1
# text = A boy in Minnesota raises his hockey stick to his head while chasing the puck.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Minnesota	Minnesota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	raises	raise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hockey	hockey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	puck	puck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | a boy in Minnesota | boy's hockey stick |  | boy's head |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme to head=Destination |
| 2 | **chase** | gerund | a boy in Minnesota *not said here* | the puck |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puck=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is this a foul?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t5:2
# text = Why is this a foul?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	foul	foul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It scares the goalie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t5:o1:1
# text = It scares the goalie
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scares	scare	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	goalie	goalie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | present | It | the goalie |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus goalie=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It lets him hit the puck harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t5:o2:1
# text = It lets him hit the puck harder
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	puck	puck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hit** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the puck |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme puck=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It breaks the stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t5:o3:1
# text = It breaks the stick
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breaks	break	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	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | It | the stick |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stick=Patient |

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

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A high stick can injure faces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:t5:o4:1
# text = A high stick can injure faces
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	injure	injure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **injure** | can | a high stick | faces |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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