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title: A soccer goal at school has no pegs or weights holding it down. What… — Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rul… · tree and pragmatics
description: A soccer goal at school has no pegs or weights holding it down. What is the right thing to do? Test 6 · ★ 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; Mo
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# Test 6 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

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A soccer goal at school has no pegs or weights holding it down. What is the right thing to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** soccer goal, pegs, right thing · **What happens:** have, hold down, be, do · **To what, where:** pegs, goal

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A soccer goal at school has no pegs or weights holding it down.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t6:1
# text = A soccer goal at school has no pegs or weights holding it down.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	pegs	peg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	weights	weight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a soccer goal at school | no pegs or weights |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peg=Patient |
| 2 | **hold down** | gerund | no pegs or weights *not said here* | goal |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 right thing to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t6:2
# text = What is the right thing to do?
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	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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 right thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the right thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Tell a teacher and keep off it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t6:o1:1
# text = Tell a teacher and keep off it
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **keep off** | infinitive | you *not said here* | teacher |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Climb up to check it is still strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t6:o2:1
# text = Climb up to check it is still strong
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | still | strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kick the post to see if it falls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t6:o3:1
# text = Kick the post to see if it falls
1	Kick	kick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the post |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent post=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | post |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hang from the bar to test it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules:t6:o4:1
# text = Hang from the bar to test it out
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the bar |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **test out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | bar |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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