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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the landing after a rebound jump in basketball? Exam question 2 of lesson 249 «Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the landing after a rebound jump in basketball?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** landing

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 249 «Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming» 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/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the landing after a rebound jump in basketball?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	rebound	rebound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	jump	jump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	basketball	basketball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the landing |  |  | after a rebound jump in basketball | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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One lands on the toes with locked knees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:e2:o1:1
# text = One lands on the toes with locked knees
1	One	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | One |  |  | the toes with locked knees |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on toe=Destination |
| 2 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One lands on one foot with a straight leg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:e2:o2:1
# text = One lands on one foot with a straight leg
1	One	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | One |  |  | one foot |  | with a straight leg | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on foot=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One lands on the hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:e2:o3:1
# text = One lands on the hands
1	One	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | One |  |  | the hands |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on hand=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Both feet are used with the knees bent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey:e2:o4:1
# text = Both feet are used with the knees bent
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	bent	bent	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | both feet |  |  |  | with the knees | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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