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# Test 10 · ★ · Prediction: what happens next

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Sam grinned at the thin ice sign. In real life, what is the safe thing to do near a THIN ICE sign?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam, real life · **What happens:** grin, be, do · **To what, where:** thin ice sign, safe thing

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English 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/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam grinned at the thin ice sign.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t10:1
# text = Sam grinned at the thin ice sign.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grinned	grin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grin** | past | Sam |  |  | the thin ice sign |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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:* In real life, what is the safe thing to do near a THIN ICE sign?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t10:2
# text = In real life, what is the safe thing to do near a THIN ICE sign?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	near	near	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	THIN	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	ICE	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | real life and the safe thing | the safe thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a THIN ICE sign |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Jump on it to test it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t10:o1:1
# text = Jump on it to test it
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory |
| 2 | **test** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Stay off the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t10:o2:1
# text = Stay off the ice
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | off the ice | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Walk on it if a friend dares you to, as long as it looks frozen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t10:o3:1
# text = Walk on it if a friend dares you to, as long as it looks frozen
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dares	dare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	too	ADV	RB	Typo=Yes	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
16	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory |
| 2 | **dare** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a friend |  | you |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 3 | **look** | present | friend |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **freeze** | participle | friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Walk on the ice, but slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t10:o4:1
# text = Walk on the ice, but slowly
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the ice |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory |

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