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description: A boy in Texas runs round a corner in the corridor and crashes into a younger child carrying a tray. Which rule would have prevented this? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★ · Breakfast, the school day and honest homework

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A boy in Texas runs round a corner in the corridor and crashes into a younger child carrying a tray. Which rule would have prevented this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, younger child · **What happens:** run, crash, carry, prevent · **To what, where:** corridor, tray, rule

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» 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/306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Texas runs round a corner in the corridor and crashes into a younger child carrying a tray.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t3:1
# text = A boy in Texas runs round a corner in the corridor and crashes into a younger child carrying a tray.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	corridor	corridor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	crashes	crash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
17	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | a boy in Texas |  |  | the corridor |  | round a corner | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round corner=Trajectory |
| 2 | **crash** | present | a boy in Texas *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into a younger child *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into child=Result |
| 3 | **carry** | gerund | a younger child *not said here* | a tray |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tray=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:* Which rule would have prevented this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t3:2
# text = Which rule would have prevented this?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | would · perfect · passive |  | which rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keep your voice low at lunchtime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t3:o1:1
# text = Keep your voice low at lunchtime
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	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lunchtime	lunchtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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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 voice |  |  |  | low *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Walk, do not run, in corridors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t3:o2:1
# text = Walk, do not run, in corridors
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	corridors	corridor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | corridors |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corridor=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **run** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Always carry a tray with both hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t3:o3:1
# text = Always carry a tray with both hands
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | a tray |  |  |  | with both hands; always *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tray=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Always leave the classroom last of all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t3:o4:1
# text = Always leave the classroom last of all
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the classroom |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **last** | infinitive | the classroom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of all | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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