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title: Why might a hoodie with long cords be a bad choice for the playground? — Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a hoodie with long cords be a bad choice for the playground? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking

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Why might a hoodie with long cords be a bad choice for the playground?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hoodie · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bad choice

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t3:1
# text = Why might a hoodie with long cords be a bad choice for the playground?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hoodie	hoodie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | might | a hoodie with long cords | a bad choice |  |  |  | for the playground | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cords are too bright in the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t3:o1:1
# text = Cords are too bright in the sun
1	Cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cords |  |  | the sun |  | bright *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The cords can catch on equipment and strangle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t3:o2:1
# text = The cords can catch on equipment and strangle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	strangle	strangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | can | the cords |  |  | equipment |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **strangle** | infinitive | the cords *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hoodies make you much slower going down the slide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t3:o3:1
# text = Hoodies make you much slower going down the slide
1	Hoodies	hoodie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slower	slow	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	slide	slide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Hoodies | you |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |
| 2 | **go down** | gerund | Hoodies *not said here* | the slide |  |  |  | slow *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient slide=Extent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hoodies fall off on the swings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t3:o4:1
# text = Hoodies fall off on the swings
1	Hoodies	hoodie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	swings	swing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | present | Hoodies |  |  | the swings |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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