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title: A dog runs onto a frozen pond and falls through. What should its own… — Pools, lakes and ice · tree and pragmatics
description: A dog runs onto a frozen pond and falls through. What should its owner's daughter do? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» 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 5 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice

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A dog runs onto a frozen pond and falls through. What should its owner's daughter do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, daughter · **What happens:** run, freeze, fall through, do · **To what, where:** frozen pond

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» 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/45-pools-lakes-and-ice/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A dog runs onto a frozen pond and falls through.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t5:1
# text = A dog runs onto a frozen pond and falls through.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	through	through	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | a dog |  |  | a frozen pond |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto pond=Trajectory |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fall through** | present | a dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn occur-48.3 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should its owner's daughter do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t5:2
# text = What should its owner's daughter do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | pond's owner's daughter |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Throw herself into the water to help the dog swim back to the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t5:o1:1
# text = Throw herself into the water to help the dog swim back to the bank
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | herself *= she* |  |  |  | into the water *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer herself=Theme into water=Result |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent dog=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **swim back** | infinitive | the dog *not said here* |  |  | the bank |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bank=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Stay off the ice, call for help and call to the dog from the bank

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t5:o2:1
# text = Stay off the ice, call for help and call to the dog from the bank
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | off the ice | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
| 3 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | the dog | the bank |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to dog=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Slide out on her tummy to grab its collar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t5:o3:1
# text = Slide out on her tummy to grab its collar
1	Slide	slide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | her tummy |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tummy=Trajectory |
| 2 | **grab** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | tummy's collar |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collar=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Run onto the ice to pull it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t5:o4:1
# text = Run onto the ice to pull it out
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto ice=Trajectory |
| 2 | **pull out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | ice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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