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title: Amara: «the light's lush, one more step back». What can the edge do? — Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, rai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Amara: «the light's lush, one more step back». What can the edge do? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» 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 w
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no

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Amara: «the light's lush, one more step back». What can the edge do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** edge · **What happens:** do

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» 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/75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Amara: «the light's lush, one more step back».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t10:1
# text = Amara: «the light's lush, one more step back».
1	Amara	Amara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	lush	lush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What can the edge do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t10:2
# text = What can the edge do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | the edge |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Warn her by creaking loudly before it goes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t10:o1:1
# text = Warn her by creaking loudly before it goes
1	Warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	creaking	creak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **creak** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Give way under her without warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t10:o2:1
# text = Give way under her without warning
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | way | her *= she* |  |  | without warning | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent her=Recipient way=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Hold her better after a bit of rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t10:o3:1
# text = Hold her better after a bit of rain
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | after a bit of rain | good *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shift slowly, so she has time to step away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:t10:o4:1
# text = Shift slowly, so she has time to step away
1	Shift	shift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | she |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **step away** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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