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title: running with a lolly in my mouth — Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rul… · tree and pragmatics
description: running with a lolly in my mouth Test 15 · ★ of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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 15 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

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running with a lolly in my mouth

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** run

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t15:1
# text = running with a lolly in my mouth
1	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lolly	lolly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a lolly in my mouth | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with lolly=Material |

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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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Run slower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t15:o1:1
# text = Run slower
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	slower	slow	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Stop and eat it standing still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t15:o2:1
# text = Stop and eat it standing still
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keep your mouth shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t15:o3:1
# text = Keep your mouth shut
1	Keep	keep	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	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | your mouth |  |  |  | shut *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hold the stick tighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t15:o4:1
# text = Hold the stick tighter
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	tighter	tight	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stick |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=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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