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title: Leo: "Helmet's giving dork, bro." What's the fact? — Swimming and cycling · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo: "Helmet's giving dork, bro." What's the fact? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» of the medicine 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 7 · ★ · Swimming and cycling

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Leo: "Helmet's giving dork, bro." What's the fact?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fact · **What happens:** give, be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» of the medicine 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/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo: "Helmet's giving dork, bro."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t7:1
# text = Leo: "Helmet's giving dork, bro."
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Helmet	Helmet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	dork	dork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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's the fact?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t7:2
# text = What's the fact?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fact |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Helmets work best tipped back on the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t7:o1:1
# text = Helmets work best tipped back on the head
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	tipped	tip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Helmets |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tip back** | participle | Helmets *not said here* |  |  | the head |  | well *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on head=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Helmets make crashes more likely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t7:o2:1
# text = Helmets make crashes more likely
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	crashes	crash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Helmets | crashes |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material crash=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Helmets only protect your hair and ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t7:o3:1
# text = Helmets only protect your hair and ears
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	protect	protect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | Helmets | your hair and ears |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Beneficiary |

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

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The foam crushes in a crash so the brain is shaken less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t7:o4:1
# text = The foam crushes in a crash so the brain is shaken less
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	foam	foam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crushes	crush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	shaken	shake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crush** | present | the foam |  |  | a crash |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **shake** | present · passive |  | the brain |  |  |  | less *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |

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