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title: A girl in Utah does handstands in the living room next to the glass… — Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun an… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Utah does handstands in the living room next to the glass coffee table. What should she do instead? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 250 «Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 1 · ★ · Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A girl in Utah does handstands in the living room next to the glass coffee table. What should she do instead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** handstands, living room

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 250 «Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing» 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Utah does handstands in the living room next to the glass coffee table.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t1:1
# text = A girl in Utah does handstands in the living room next to the glass coffee table.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Utah	Utah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	handstands	handstand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	next	next	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | a girl in Utah | handstands |  | the living room |  | next *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handstand=Eventuality |

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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:* What should she do instead?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t1:2
# text = What should she do instead?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | girl |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Practise closer to the table so she can lean on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t1:o1:1
# text = Practise closer to the table so she can lean on it
1	Practise	practise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	lean	lean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the table; close *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lean** | can | she |  |  | table |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hold on to the edge of the glass table for balance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t1:o2:1
# text = Hold on to the edge of the glass table for balance
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold on** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the edge of the glass table; for balance | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Practise on grass or a mat away from furniture

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t1:o3:1
# text = Practise on grass or a mat away from furniture
1	Practise	practise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mat	mat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	furniture	furniture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Practise only at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing:t1:o4:1
# text = Practise only at night
1	Practise	practise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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