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description: Why is jumping from a bridge into a river dangerous, even if you can swim well? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail ma…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why is jumping from a bridge into a river dangerous, even if you can swim well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** jump, swim · **To what, where:** bridge

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» 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/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t7:1
# text = Why is jumping from a bridge into a river dangerous, even if you can swim well?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | present · progressive |  |  |  | a bridge |  | into a river *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into river=Result |
| 2 | **swim** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bridge water is always too cold to swim in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t7:o1:1
# text = Bridge water is always too cold to swim in
1	Bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bridge water |  |  |  |  | always, cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **swim** | to-infinitive | Bridge water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You might land on a boat that is always there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t7:o2:1
# text = You might land on a boat that is always there
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | might | You |  |  | a boat |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on boat=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present | a boat |  |  |  |  | always, there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The water may hide rocks or be shallow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t7:o3:1
# text = The water may hide rocks or be shallow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | may | the water | rocks |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | shallow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swimmers always sink faster from a height

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t7:o4:1
# text = Swimmers always sink faster from a height
1	Swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | Swimmers |  |  | a height |  | always, fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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