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title: A family in Colorado plays a bowling game on the console, and the yo… — Console games, building, crafts, music… · tree and pragmatics
description: A family in Colorado plays a bowling game on the console, and the youngest stands right next to his sister as she swings. What is the danger? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 303 «Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 1 · ★ · Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games

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A family in Colorado plays a bowling game on the console, and the youngest stands right next to his sister as she swings. What is the danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, youngest, Colorado, danger · **What happens:** play, stand, swing, be · **To what, where:** bowling game, console

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 303 «Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games» 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/303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family in Colorado plays a bowling game on the console, and the youngest stands right next to his sister as she swings.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:t1:1
# text = A family in Colorado plays a bowling game on the console, and the youngest stands right next to his sister as she swings.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Colorado	Colorado	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bowling	bowling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	nsubj	_	_
16	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	right	right	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	next	next	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	swings	swing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | a family in Colorado | a bowling game |  | the console |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | present | the youngest |  |  |  |  | next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **swing** | present | Colorado |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:t1:2
# text = What is the danger?
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	4	det	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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She could hit him with her arm or the controller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:t1:o1:1
# text = She could hit him with her arm or the controller
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	controller	controller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | could | She | him *= he* |  |  |  | with her arm or the controller | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with arm=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The TV picture might freeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:t1:o2:1
# text = The TV picture might freeze
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | might | the TV picture |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her character might bowl into the gutter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:t1:o3:1
# text = Her character might bowl into the gutter
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gutter	gutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The console might stop counting the score

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music:t1:o4:1
# text = The console might stop counting the score
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | might | the console |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **count** | gerund | the console *not said here* | the score |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent score=Theme |

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