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title: In a cartoon, a skater goes through the ice and pops straight back u… — Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a skater goes through the ice and pops straight back up. Real life? Test 11 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» 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 ri
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# Test 11 · Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a cartoon, a skater goes through the ice and pops straight back up. Real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** skater · **What happens:** go, pop · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 11 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» 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/44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a skater goes through the ice and pops straight back up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t11:1
# text = In a cartoon, a skater goes through the ice and pops straight back up.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skater	skater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	pops	pop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	up	up	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a skater |  |  | a cartoon |  | through the ice | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through ice=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **pop** | present | a skater *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient 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:* Real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t11:2
# text = Real life?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cold shock and thin ice make it an emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t11:o1:1
# text = Cold shock and thin ice make it an emergency
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Cold shock and thin ice | ice |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary emergency=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Falling through ice is harmless if you're quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t11:o2:1
# text = Falling through ice is harmless if you're quick
1	Falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  | ice |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through ice=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Falling |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You can always climb out by yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t11:o3:1
# text = You can always climb out by yourself
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb out** | can | You |  |  |  |  | by yourself; always *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by yourself=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ice never breaks under light children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:t11:o4:1
# text = Ice never breaks under light children
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **break** | present | Ice |  |  |  |  | under light children | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under child=Location |

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