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description: A boy is sledding head first down a hill towards a line of trees. What is the main danger? Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

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A boy is sledding head first down a hill towards a line of trees. What is the main danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, main danger · **What happens:** sled, be · **To what, where:** head, hill

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy is sledding head first down a hill towards a line of trees.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t2:1
# text = A boy is sledding head first down a hill towards a line of trees.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sledding	sled	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sled** | present · progressive | a boy | head |  | a hill towards a line of trees |  | first *property* | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme down hill=Trajectory |

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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 main danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t2:2
# text = What is the main 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	5	det	_	_
4	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 main danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Hitting a tree head first and hurting his head or neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t2:o1:1
# text = Hitting a tree head first and hurting his head or neck
1	Hitting	hit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hurting	hurt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | gerund |  | a tree head |  |  |  | first *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** | gerund |  | his head or neck |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Getting snow down the back of his coat and catching a bad cold from it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t2:o2:1
# text = Getting snow down the back of his coat and catching a bad cold from it
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  | snow |  |  |  | down the back of his coat | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snow=Stimulus |
| 2 | **catch** | gerund |  | a bad cold |  | cold |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cold=Theme from it=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Going too slowly to reach the bottom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t2:o3:1
# text = Going too slowly to reach the bottom
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | the bottom |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bottom=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Making the sled scratched underneath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t2:o4:1
# text = Making the sled scratched underneath
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sled	sled	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	scratched	scratch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	underneath	underneath	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | the sled |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sled=Product |
| 2 | **scratch** | past | Making |  |  |  |  | underneath *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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