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title: A skater falls forward and slides on her knee pads and wrist guards.… — Skating and sports safety · tree and pragmatics
description: A skater falls forward and slides on her knee pads and wrist guards. Why does it hurt less? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 6 «Skating and sports safety» 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Skating and sports safety

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A skater falls forward and slides on her knee pads and wrist guards. Why does it hurt less?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** skater, it · **What happens:** fall, slide, hurt · **To what, where:** knee pads

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 6 «Skating and sports 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/6-skating-and-sports-safety/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A skater falls forward and slides on her knee pads and wrist guards.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t9:1
# text = A skater falls forward and slides on her knee pads and wrist guards.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	skater	skater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	slides	slide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pads	pad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | a skater |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **slide** | present | a skater *not said here* |  |  | skater's knee pads and wrist guards |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pad=Trajectory |

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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:* Why does it hurt less?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t9:2
# text = Why does it hurt less?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · do-support | it |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sliding makes her fall slower in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t9:o1:1
# text = Sliding makes her fall slower in the air
1	Sliding	slide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	slower	slow	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  | the air |  | slow *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in air=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She was lucky, pads do nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t9:o2:1
# text = She was lucky, pads do nothing
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	pads	pad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | lucky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | pads | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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

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The hard pads slide and take the blow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t9:o3:1
# text = The hard pads slide and take the blow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pads	pad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slide	slide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | present | the hard pads |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | present | the hard pads *not said here* | the blow |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pads make the ground softer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:6-skating-and-sports-safety:t9:o4:1
# text = Pads make the ground softer
1	Pads	pad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	softer	soft	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Pads | the ground |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ground=Product |

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