---
title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Rackets, running with things in your m… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger of sledding head first? Exam question 1 of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/e1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Rackets, running with things in your m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/) / e1

# Exam question 1 · Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or so…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger of sledding head first?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** danger

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 1 of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» 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/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger of sledding head first?
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	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	sledding	sledding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 danger of sledding head |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately, first *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
It is dangerous only on flat ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e1:o1:1
# text = It is dangerous only on flat ground
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | flat ground |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It makes the sled slower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e1:o2:1
# text = It makes the sled slower
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sled	sled	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the sled |  |  |  | slow *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sled=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is the safest way to sled, since the rider can see ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e1:o3:1
# text = It is the safest way to sled, since the rider can see ahead
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sled	sled	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the safest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sled** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | can | the rider |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It makes head and neck injuries more likely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:e1:o4:1
# text = It makes head and neck injuries more likely
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	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | head injuries |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material injury=Product |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Rackets, running with things in your m…, test 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/t15/)
- next →: [Rackets, running with things in your m…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/e2/)
- ↑ back to [Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/)