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title: kids say the boy who got a blister on the hike "is soft". pass it on? — Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, c… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids say the boy who got a blister on the hike "is soft". pass it on? Test 15 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail ma…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kids say the boy who got a blister on the hike "is soft". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids, boy · **What happens:** say, get, be, pass on · **To what, where:** blister, hike · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» 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/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t15:1
# text = kids say the boy who got a blister on the hike "is soft". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blister	blister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hike	hike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
17	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | past | the boy | a blister |  | the hike |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent blister=Theme on hike=Source |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the boy |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | blister |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he's soft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t15:o1:1
# text = Yes, he's soft
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, that's unkind; tell a grown-up early and cover it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t15:o2:1
# text = No, that's unkind; tell a grown-up early and cover it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound	_	_
12	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  | a grown |  |  |  | early *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient |
| 3 | **cover** | infinitive |  | grown |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and laugh at his limp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t15:o3:1
# text = Yes, and laugh at his limp
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	limp	limp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present |  |  |  | his limp |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **limp** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom limp «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it is just true, real hikers never get blisters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t15:o4:1
# text = Yes, it is just true, real hikers never get blisters
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hikers	hiker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
12	blisters	blister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **get** | present | real hikers | blisters |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blister=Stimulus |

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