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title: kids say the boy who got nits from the team helmet is "a dirty kid".… — Rackets, running with things in your m… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids say the boy who got nits from the team helmet is "a dirty kid". pass it on? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 15 · ★ · Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or so…

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kids say the boy who got nits from the team helmet is "a dirty kid". 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:** nits, team helmet, dirty kid, helmet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» 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/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t15:1
# text = kids say the boy who got nits from the team helmet is "a dirty kid". 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	16	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	nits	nit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
19	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	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 | nits |  | the team helmet |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nit=Theme from helmet=Source |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the boy | a dirty kid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | helmet |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Yes, and tell the coach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t15:o1:1
# text = Yes, and tell the coach
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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* | the coach |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, shared gear can spread lice to anyone; don't spread it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t15:o2:1
# text = No, shared gear can spread lice to anyone; don't spread it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	gear	gear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spread** | can | shared gear | lice |  |  |  | to anyone | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location louse=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **spread** | infinitive · do-support | shared gear *not said here* | gear |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t15:o3:1
# text = Yes, he's dirty
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	dirty	dirty	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 |  |  |  |  | dirty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and keep away from him so you don't catch them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t15:o4:1
# text = Yes, and keep away from him so you don't catch them
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from him *= he*; away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from he=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **catch** | present · do-support | you | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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