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title: "No cap, I'll learn a backflip off TikTok tonight." Why is it a bad… — Running, gymnastics and martial arts · tree and pragmatics
description: "No cap, I'll learn a backflip off TikTok tonight." Why is it a bad plan? Test 9 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Running, gymnastics and martial arts

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"No cap, I'll learn a backflip off TikTok tonight." Why is it a bad plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, backflip · **What happens:** learn, be · **To what, where:** backflip

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "No cap, I'll learn a backflip off TikTok tonight."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t9:1
# text = "No cap, I'll learn a backflip off TikTok tonight."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	backflip	backflip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	TikTok	TikTok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** *in a quote* | future | I | a backflip |  |  | tonight | off TikTok | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backflip=Topic |

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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 is it a bad plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t9:2
# text = Why is it a bad plan?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | backflip |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sofas are too bouncy to be any fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t9:o1:1
# text = Sofas are too bouncy to be any fun
1	Sofas	sofa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bouncy	bouncy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sofas |  |  |  |  | bouncy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Sofas *not said here* | any fun |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Backflips are banned everywhere, even in gyms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t9:o2:1
# text = Backflips are banned everywhere, even in gyms
1	Backflips	backflip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gyms	gym	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · passive |  | Backflips |  | gyms |  | everywhere *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He'll get too good, too fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t9:o3:1
# text = He'll get too good, too fast
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | He |  |  |  |  | fast, good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A mistake can land him on his head or neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts:t9:o4:1
# text = A mistake can land him on his head or neck
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	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	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | can | a mistake | him *= he* |  | mistake's head or neck |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme on head=Destination |

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