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title: Ishaan: «I'll be quick, it won't hit me». Why can't he dodge it? — Trampolines, playgrounds and skate parks · tree and pragmatics
description: Ishaan: «I'll be quick, it won't hit me». Why can't he dodge it? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 73 «Trampolines, playgrounds and skate parks» 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 11 · ★ · Trampolines, playgrounds and skate parks

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Ishaan: «I'll be quick, it won't hit me». Why can't he dodge it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, it, Ishaan · **What happens:** be, not hit, not dodge · **To what, where:** me, it

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 73 «Trampolines, playgrounds and skate parks» 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/73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ishaan: «I'll be quick, it won't hit me».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t11:1
# text = Ishaan: «I'll be quick, it won't hit me».
1	Ishaan	Ishaan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **hit** *in a quote* | future | it | me |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme |

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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 can't he dodge it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t11:2
# text = Why can't he dodge it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dodge	dodge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **dodge** | can | Ishaan | it |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |

## The options {#options}

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

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It swings back heavy and fast at head height

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t11:o1:1
# text = It swings back heavy and fast at head height
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swings	swing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing back** | present | It |  |  | head height |  | heavy *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at height=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swings are too slow to hit you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t11:o2:1
# text = Swings are too slow to hit you
1	Swings	swing	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	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Swings |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hit** | to-infinitive | Swings *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Swings stop when kids are near

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t11:o3:1
# text = Swings stop when kids are near
1	Swings	swing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	near	near	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Swings |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | kids |  |  |  |  | near *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He could, if he ran in a zigzag and kept low

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t11:o4:1
# text = He could, if he ran in a zigzag and kept low
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	zigzag	zigzag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
12	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | could | He |  |  | a zigzag |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in zigzag=Trajectory |
| 2 | **keep** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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