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title: In a cartoon a kid crashes his bike, bounces off the road and rides… — Bike helmets and roads · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a kid crashes his bike, bounces off the road and rides away laughing. What's real? Test 10 of lesson 72 «Bike helmets and roads» 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 10 · Bike helmets and roads

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In a cartoon a kid crashes his bike, bounces off the road and rides away laughing. What's real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** crash, bounce off, ride away, laugh, be · **To what, where:** bike, cartoon, road

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This is test 10 of lesson 72 «Bike helmets and roads» 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/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a kid crashes his bike, bounces off the road and rides away laughing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t10:1
# text = In a cartoon a kid crashes his bike, bounces off the road and rides away laughing.
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	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	crashes	crash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bounces	bounce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | present | a kid | kid's bike |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Patient |
| 2 | **bounce off** | present | a kid *not said here* | the road |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Agent |
| 3 | **ride away** | present | a kid *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **laugh** | gerund | a kid *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t10:2
# text = What's real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only grown-ups get hurt on bikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t10:o1:1
# text = Only grown-ups get hurt on bikes
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | grown ups |  | bikes |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Heads hit kerbs hard, and injuries can last for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t10:o2:1
# text = Heads hit kerbs hard, and injuries can last for life
1	Heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	kerbs	kerb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | Heads | kerbs |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kerb=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **last** | can | injuries |  |  |  |  | for life | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bikes can't crash on real roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t10:o3:1
# text = Bikes can't crash on real roads
1	Bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	crash	crash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **crash** | can | Bikes |  |  | real roads |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on road=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Kids always bounce off roads unhurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t10:o4:1
# text = Kids always bounce off roads unhurt
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	bounce	bounce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	unhurt	unhurt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce off** | present | Kids | roads |  |  |  | always, unhurt *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Agent |

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