--- title: after church kids racing up the aisle near the lit candles. What's t… — Giggles, skipping and the collection p… · tree and pragmatics description: after church kids racing up the aisle near the lit candles. What's the risk? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Giggles, skipping and the collection p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate after church kids racing up the aisle near the lit candles. What's the risk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** church kids, risk · **What happens:** race up, be · **To what, where:** aisle, lit candles This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* after church kids racing up the aisle near the lit candles. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t9:1 # text = after church kids racing up the aisle near the lit candles. 1 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 racing race VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 aisle aisle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 lit lit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race up** | gerund | church kids *not said here* | the aisle | | the lit candles | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near candle=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the risk? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t9:2 # text = What's the risk? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the risk | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The carpet gets dusty ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t9:o1:1 # text = The carpet gets dusty 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 dusty dusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the carpet | | | | | dusty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} The vicar gets out of breath ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t9:o2:1 # text = The vicar gets out of breath 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vicar vicar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get out** | present | the vicar | breath | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No risk, candles are stuck down ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t9:o3:1 # text = No risk, candles are stuck down 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick down** | present · passive | | no risk | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Burns or fire if a candle falls ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t9:o4:1 # text = Burns or fire if a candle falls 1 Burns burn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | a candle | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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