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title: about to fall off the wall, stick my arm out straight?? — Balance and falling well · tree and pragmatics
description: about to fall off the wall, stick my arm out straight?? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Balance and falling well

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about to fall off the wall, stick my arm out straight??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** fall off, stick out · **To what, where:** wall, arm

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» 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/2-balance-and-falling-well/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t10:1
# text = about to fall off the wall, stick my arm out straight??
1	about	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	stick	stick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | to-infinitive |  | the wall |  |  |  | about *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **stick out** | infinitive |  | my arm |  |  |  | out, straight *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, tuck in and roll onto a soft side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t10:o1:1
# text = No, tuck in and roll onto a soft side
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tuck	tuck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	roll	roll	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **roll** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | a soft side |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto side=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, land on both straight arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, land on both straight arms
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and lock your elbow tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, and lock your elbow tight
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lock	lock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | imperative | you *not said here* | your elbow |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elbow=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a straight arm stops you best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, a straight arm stops you best
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | a straight arm | you |  |  |  | good *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality you=Eventuality |

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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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