--- title: A skater glides the wrong way round a busy rink. What is the risk? — Snow, ice and strong sun · tree and pragmatics description: A skater glides the wrong way round a busy rink. What is the risk? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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/234-snow-ice-and-sun/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/) / [Snow, ice and strong sun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun A skater glides the wrong way round a busy rink. What is the risk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** skater, risk · **What happens:** glide, be · **To what, where:** wrong way, busy rink This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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/234-snow-ice-and-sun/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A skater glides the wrong way round a busy rink. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t9:1 # text = A skater glides the wrong way round a busy rink. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skater skater NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 glides glide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 round round ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 rink rink NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glide** | present | a skater | the wrong way | | a busy rink | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent way=Theme round rink=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the risk? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t9:2 # text = What is the risk? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the risk | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The skates will break ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t9:o1:1 # text = The skates will break 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skates skate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | future | the skates | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, as long as she skates fast enough to dodge them all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t9:o2:1 # text = Nothing, as long as she skates fast enough to dodge them all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 skates skate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 9 enough enough ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 dodge dodge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **skate** | present | Nothing | | | | | enough, fast, long *property* | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **dodge** | to-infinitive | Nothing *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent they=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The ice will melt faster under her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t9:o3:1 # text = The ice will melt faster under her 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | future | the ice | | | | | under her *= she*; fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Crashing into others whose sharp blades can cut ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t9:o4:1 # text = Crashing into others whose sharp blades can cut 1 Crashing crash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 into into ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 blades blade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crash** | gerund | | | | | | into others others others's sharp blades's sharp blades *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into other=Result | | 2 | **cut** | can | Crashing | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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