--- title: Niamh: "Wee bit boring, so it is." Why learn falling first? — Running, gymnastics and martial arts · tree and pragmatics description: Niamh: "Wee bit boring, so it is." Why learn falling first? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Running, gymnastics and martial arts» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/t11/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Running, gymnastics and martial arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Running, gymnastics and martial arts Niamh: "Wee bit boring, so it is." Why learn falling first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bit · **What happens:** be, fall This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Running, gymnastics and martial arts» 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/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Niamh: "Wee bit boring, so it is." ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t11:1 # text = Niamh: "Wee bit boring, so it is." 1 Niamh Niamh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | bit | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why learn falling first? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t11:2 # text = Why learn falling first? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | | | | | | first *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} To learn to land on a straight arm ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t11:o1:1 # text = To learn to land on a straight arm 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 learn learn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 land land VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **land** | to-infinitive | | | | a straight arm | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on arm=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} To make the lesson last longer and tire them ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t11:o2:1 # text = To make the lesson last longer and tire them 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 tire tire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the lesson | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **last** | infinitive | the lesson *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tire** | infinitive | the lesson *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because judo is mostly just falling over ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t11:o3:1 # text = Because judo is mostly just falling over 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 judo judo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 over over ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | judo | | | | | fall, mostly, over *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} So throws are safe for everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t11:o4:1 # text = So throws are safe for everyone 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 throws throw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | throws | | | | | for everyone; safe *property* | tree rules | **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. 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