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# Exam question 2 · Balance and falling well

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Identify the principal hazard associated with the extension of a single straight and rigid arm for the purpose of arresting a fall.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, purpose · **What happens:** identify, associate, arrest · **To what, where:** principal hazard, fall

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/2-balance-and-falling-well/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal hazard associated with the extension of a single straight and rigid arm for the purpose of arresting a fall.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	associated	associate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	extension	extension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
12	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	rigid	rigid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	arresting	arrest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal hazard |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme |
| 2 | **associate** | participle |  | the principal hazard *not said here* |  |  |  | with the extension of a single straight arm for the purpose | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with extension=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **arrest** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | a fall |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fall=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It invariably results in an injury to the ankle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e2:o1:1
# text = It invariably results in an injury to the ankle
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It presents no hazard whatsoever to children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e2:o2:1
# text = It presents no hazard whatsoever to children
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present | It | no hazard | children |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme to child=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It frequently results in the fracture of the wrist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e2:o3:1
# text = It frequently results in the fracture of the wrist
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fracture	fracture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fracture** |  |  | the wrist |  |  |  |  | nom fracture «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It causes the person to fall with greater speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:e2:o4:1
# text = It causes the person to fall with greater speed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | the person |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition person=Patient |
| 2 | **fall** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with greater speed | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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