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description: Two kids are arguing on top of a high wall in the park, one about to shove. What's the biggest danger? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 374 «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 10 · ★★ · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth

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Two kids are arguing on top of a high wall in the park, one about to shove. What's the biggest danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two kids, one, biggest danger · **What happens:** argue, shove, be

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 374 «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth» 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/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two kids are arguing on top of a high wall in the park, one about to shove.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t10:1
# text = Two kids are arguing on top of a high wall in the park, one about to shove.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nsubj	_	_
16	about	about	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	shove	shove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · progressive | Two kids |  |  |  |  | on top of a high wall in the park | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on top=Topic |
| 2 | **shove** | to-infinitive | one |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What's the biggest danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t10:2
# text = What's the biggest danger?
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	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the biggest danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Missing their tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t10:o1:1
# text = Missing their tea
1	Missing	miss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | gerund |  | their tea |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tea=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Getting their clothes muddy and having to explain it at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t10:o2:1
# text = Getting their clothes muddy and having to explain it at home
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
4	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  | their clothes |  |  |  | muddy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer clothes=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | it |  | home |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The park keeper hearing them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t10:o3:1
# text = The park keeper hearing them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund | the park keeper *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A fall onto the hard ground, causing broken bones or a head injury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:t10:o4:1
# text = A fall onto the hard ground, causing broken bones or a head injury
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | gerund |  | broken bones or a head injury |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition bone=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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