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title: «pads are for noobs, pros don't fall». What's true? — Trampolines, playgrounds and skate parks · tree and pragmatics
description: «pads are for noobs, pros don't fall». What's true? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Trampolines, playgrounds and skate parks

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«pads are for noobs, pros don't fall». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pads, noobs · **What happens:** be, not fall

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «pads are for noobs, pros don't fall».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t9:1
# text = «pads are for noobs, pros don't fall».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pads	pad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	noobs	noob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pros	pro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | pads |  |  |  |  | for noobs and pros | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **fall** *in a quote* | present · do-support | noobs and pros |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t9:2
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pads make you fall more often, not less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t9:o1:1
# text = Pads make you fall more often, not less
1	Pads	pad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Pads | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Good riders fall too, so they wear pads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t9:o2:1
# text = Good riders fall too, so they wear pads
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	riders	rider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	pads	pad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | Good riders |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | present | riders *= rider* | pads |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pad=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Experts never fall over once they've learnt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t9:o3:1
# text = Experts never fall over once they've learnt
1	Experts	expert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	learnt	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fall over** | present | Experts |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | present · perfect | Experts *= expert* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only beginners ever break their wrists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks:t9:o4:1
# text = Only beginners ever break their wrists
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	beginners	beginner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wrists	wrist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | beginners | beginners's wrists |  |  | ever |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wrist=Patient |

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