--- title: Why does tucking your chin help when you fall backwards? — Balance and falling well · tree and pragmatics description: Why does tucking your chin help when you fall backwards? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Balance and falling well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Balance and falling well Why does tucking your chin help when you fall backwards? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** tuck, help, fall · **To what, where:** chin This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t9:1 # text = Why does tucking your chin help when you fall backwards? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 tucking tuck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 nsubj _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tuck** | present · do-support | | your chin | | | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chin=Theme | | 2 | **help** | present | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fall** | present | you | | | | | backwards *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} It keeps your mouth closed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t9:o1:1 # text = It keeps your mouth closed 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | your mouth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **close** | participle | your mouth *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It helps you see the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t9:o2:1 # text = It helps you see the sky 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | It | you | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the sky | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sky=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It keeps the back of your head off the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t9:o3:1 # text = It keeps the back of your head off the ground 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep 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 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | the back of your head | | | | off the ground | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It makes you fall more slowly so you land gently ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t9:o4:1 # text = It makes you fall more slowly so you land gently 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 land land VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 gently gently ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **land** | present | you | | | | | gently *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | **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. 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