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title: Arjun: «it's only a little crack, still good, innit?» What would hap… — Bike helmets and roads · tree and pragmatics
description: Arjun: «it's only a little crack, still good, innit?» What would happen in his next crash? Test 4 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · Bike helmets and roads

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Arjun: «it's only a little crack, still good, innit?» What would happen in his next crash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, Arjun · **What happens:** be, innit, happen, crash · **To what, where:** little crack, next crash

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Arjun: «it's only a little crack, still good, innit?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t4:1
# text = Arjun: «it's only a little crack, still good, innit?»
1	Arjun	Arjun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a little crack |  |  |  | Arjun *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 would happen in his next crash?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t4:2
# text = What would happen in his next crash?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  | Arjun's next crash |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in crash=Location |
| 2 | **crash** |  | Arjun |  |  |  |  |  | nom crash «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It would protect him twice as well as before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t4:o1:1
# text = It would protect him twice as well as before
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
9	before	before	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | would | It |  | him *= he* |  |  | twice *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The damaged foam might not protect him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t4:o2:1
# text = The damaged foam might not protect him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	damaged	damage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	foam	foam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **protect** | might | the damaged foam |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, little cracks don't matter at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing, little cracks don't matter at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cracks	crack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Nothing |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cracks make helmets stronger, like old bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:t4:o4:1
# text = Cracks make helmets stronger, like old bones
1	Cracks	crack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Cracks | helmets |  |  |  | like old bones; strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset helmet=Product |

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