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title: Why was letting down the bike tyres a dangerous thing to do? — Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was letting down the bike tyres a dangerous thing to do? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» 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 15 · ★ · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters

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Why was letting down the bike tyres a dangerous thing to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** let down, do · **To what, where:** bike tyres

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» 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/213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t15:1
# text = Why was letting down the bike tyres a dangerous thing to do?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	letting	let	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let down** | past · progressive |  | the bike tyres |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyre=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The rider could fall and get hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t15:o1:1
# text = The rider could fall and get hurt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | could | the rider |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | the rider *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **hurt** | participle | the rider *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It only wastes some of the air inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t15:o2:1
# text = It only wastes some of the air inside
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wastes	waste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waste** | present | It | some |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument some=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Flat tyres make the whole bike dirty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t15:o3:1
# text = Flat tyres make the whole bike dirty
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Flat tyres | the whole bike |  |  |  | dirty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bike=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flat tyres can never be pumped again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud:t15:o4:1
# text = Flat tyres can never be pumped again
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	pumped	pump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pump** | can · passive |  | Flat tyres |  |  | again |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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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