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title: A boy plays tennis in his big brother's trainers, which are two size… — Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy plays tennis in his big brother's trainers, which are two sizes too big. What can happen? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes

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A boy plays tennis in his big brother's trainers, which are two sizes too big. What can happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, trainers · **What happens:** play, be, happen · **To what, where:** tennis, trainers, two sizes

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» 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/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy plays tennis in his big brother's trainers, which are two sizes too big.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t5:1
# text = A boy plays tennis in his big brother's trainers, which are two sizes too big.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tennis	tennis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	sizes	size	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | a boy | tennis |  | boy's big brother's trainers |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tennis=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | boy's big brother's trainers | two sizes |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What can happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t5:2
# text = What can happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | can |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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His feet will soon grow to fit them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t5:o1:1
# text = His feet will soon grow to fit them
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | future | His feet |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | to-infinitive | His feet *not said here* | feet *= foot* |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He will run faster with longer steps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t5:o3:1
# text = He will run faster with longer steps
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | future | He |  |  |  |  | with longer steps; fast *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with step=Material |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He may slip, trip or twist his ankle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t5:o4:1
# text = He may slip, trip or twist his ankle
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	trip	trip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	twist	twist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | may | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **trip** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **twist** | infinitive | He *not said here* | his ankle |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ankle=Theme |

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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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