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description: Which is the safest way to carry a pencil when hurrying across the classroom? Test 5 · ★ 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 r
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# Test 5 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

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Which is the safest way to carry a pencil when hurrying across the classroom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, carry, hurry · **To what, where:** safest way, pencil, classroom

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t5:1
# text = Which is the safest way to carry a pencil when hurrying across the classroom?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	hurrying	hurry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  | a pencil |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme |
| 3 | **hurry** | gerund |  |  |  | the classroom |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across classroom=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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In your hand pointing down, walking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t5:o1:1
# text = In your hand pointing down, walking
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point down** | gerund | your hand *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | your hand *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tucked behind your ear while you run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t5:o2:1
# text = Tucked behind your ear while you run
1	Tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | participle |  |  |  | your ear |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent behind ear=Trajectory |
| 2 | **run** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Point first in your hand while running

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t5:o3:1
# text = Point first in your hand while running
1	Point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In your mouth so your hands are free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t5:o4:1
# text = In your mouth so your hands are free
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | your hands | your mouth *not said here* |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |

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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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