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title: «the dog ran onto the ice, i'm going after him» What is best? — The park pond through the year: ducks,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «the dog ran onto the ice, i'm going after him» What is best? Test 4 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 4 · The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, drago…

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«the dog ran onto the ice, i'm going after him» What is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, i · **What happens:** run, go, be · **To what, where:** ice

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This is test 4 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» of the biology 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/biology/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t4:1
# text = «the dog ran onto the ice, i'm going after him» What is best?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
5	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** *in a quote* | past | the dog |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto ice=Trajectory |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | i |  |  |  | after dog |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

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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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Throw big stones to break up the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t4:o1:1
# text = Throw big stones to break up the ice
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | big stones |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |
| 2 | **break up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the ice |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Run onto the ice fast before it cracks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t4:o2:1
# text = Run onto the ice fast before it cracks
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cracks	crack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the ice |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto ice=Trajectory |
| 2 | **crack** | present | ice |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Do not go on the ice; call for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t4:o3:1
# text = Do not go on the ice; call for help
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ice=Location |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crawl out quietly on your hands and knees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t4:o4:1
# text = Crawl out quietly on your hands and knees
1	Crawl	crawl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | your hands and knees |  | quietly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Trajectory |

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