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title: apparently a kid swatted a wasp at lunch and got stung like 20 times… — Teachers, visitors and the playground · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently a kid swatted a wasp at lunch and got stung like 20 times. what's the true lesson? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» 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 w
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# Test 18 · ★ · Teachers, visitors and the playground

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apparently a kid swatted a wasp at lunch and got stung like 20 times. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** swat, sting, be · **To what, where:** wasp, lunch, true lesson

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t18:1
# text = apparently a kid swatted a wasp at lunch and got stung like 20 times. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swatted	swat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	stung	sting	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swat** | past | a kid | a wasp |  | lunch |  | apparently *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wasp=Patient at lunch=Location |
| 2 | **sting** | past · passive | a kid *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Stay calm and move away slowly, don't swat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t18:o1:1
# text = Stay calm and move away slowly, don't swat
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	swat	swat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **move away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **swat** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wave your arms to scare it away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t18:o2:1
# text = Wave your arms to scare it away
1	Wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | imperative | you *not said here* | your arms |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 2 | **scare away** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Throw your lunch at it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t18:o3:1
# text = Throw your lunch at it
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | your lunch |  | lunch |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent lunch=Theme at it=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swat hard so it dies before it stings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t18:o4:1
# text = Swat hard so it dies before it stings
1	Swat	swat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stings	sting	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swat** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **die** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **sting** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

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