--- title: Jake helped a little one get a ball off the roof. Next day the Year… — Jake, always in bruises · tree and pragmatics description: Jake helped a little one get a ball off the roof. Next day the Year 3s asked him to play in goal. Why? 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Why? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake, little one, Year 3s · **What happens:** help, get, ask, play · **To what, where:** little one, ball, Jake, goal This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 372 «Jake, always in bruises» 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/372-jake-always-in-bruises/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jake helped a little one get a ball off the roof. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t11:1 # text = Jake helped a little one get a ball off the roof. 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 off off ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | past | Jake | a little one | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent one=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | a little one *not said here* | a ball | | | | off the roof | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus | 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:* Next day the Year 3s asked him to play in goal. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t11:2 # text = Next day the Year 3s asked him to play in goal. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 3s 3 NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Year 3s | | Jake | | day | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Year 3s *not said here* | | | goal | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t11:3 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Kindness made them stop being scared of him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t11:o1:1 # text = Kindness made them stop being scared of him 1 Kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Kindness | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | gerund | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | of Kindness; scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They had nobody else at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t11:o2:1 # text = They had nobody else at all 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 4 else else ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | They | nobody | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They wanted him to climb up and fall off the roof ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t11:o3:1 # text = They wanted him to climb up and fall off the roof 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | They | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **climb up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fall off** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the roof | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient roof=Extent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He told them they had to ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:372-jake-always-in-bruises:t11:o4:1 # text = He told them they had to 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | He | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | they | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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