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title: A boy in Ireland has lost his play time for throwing snow at faces.… — Teachers, visitors and the playground · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Ireland has lost his play time for throwing snow at faces. What is the most useful thing to think about? Test 9 · ★ 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 opti
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# Test 9 · ★ · Teachers, visitors and the playground

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A boy in Ireland has lost his play time for throwing snow at faces. What is the most useful thing to think about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** useful thing · **What happens:** lose, throw, be, think about · **To what, where:** boy, snow, faces

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Ireland has lost his play time for throwing snow at faces.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t9:1
# text = A boy in Ireland has lost his play time for throwing snow at faces.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive |  | a boy in Ireland |  |  | time |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **throw** | gerund |  | snow |  | faces |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent snow=Theme at face=Destination |

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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 is the most useful thing to think about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t9:2
# text = What is the most useful thing to think about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the useful thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think about** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the useful thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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What to do differently next time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t9:o1:1
# text = What to do differently next time
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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How unfair the teacher is to give such a punishment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t9:o2:1
# text = How unfair the teacher is to give such a punishment
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | the teacher *not said here* | such punishment |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punishment=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Which friend to blame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t9:o3:1
# text = Which friend to blame
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	blame	blame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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How to throw without being seen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t9:o4:1
# text = How to throw without being seen
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **see** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |

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