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title: Jack's helmet is tilted back so his whole forehead shows. What could… — Riding a bike or a scooter safely · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack's helmet is tilted back so his whole forehead shows. What could happen if he falls forward? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 5 «Riding a bike or a scooter safely» 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 
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Riding a bike or a scooter safely

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Jack's helmet is tilted back so his whole forehead shows. What could happen if he falls forward?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whole forehead, forehead · **What happens:** tilt back, show, happen, fall · **To what, where:** helmet

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 5 «Riding a bike or a scooter safely» 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/5-bikes-and-scooters/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack's helmet is tilted back so his whole forehead shows.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t2:1
# text = Jack's helmet is tilted back so his whole forehead shows.
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	tilted	tilt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tilt back** | present · passive |  | Jack's helmet |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | present | Jack's whole forehead |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 could happen if he falls forward?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t2:2
# text = What could happen if he falls forward?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | forehead |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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His forehead would not be protected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t2:o1:1
# text = His forehead would not be protected
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **protect** | would · passive |  | His forehead |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The helmet would fall forward over his eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t2:o2:1
# text = The helmet would fall forward over his eyes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | would | the helmet |  |  | his eyes |  | forward *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over eye=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He would bounce off the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t2:o3:1
# text = He would bounce off the ground
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bounce	bounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce off** | would | He | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He would be perfectly safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t2:o4:1
# text = He would be perfectly safe
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | He |  |  |  |  | perfectly, safe *property* | tree rules |

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