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title: The coach says stretching prevents every injury. What's a fair view? — When the teacher gets it wrong · tree and pragmatics
description: The coach says stretching prevents every injury. What's a fair view? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» of the myths 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 11 · ★★ · When the teacher gets it wrong

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The coach says stretching prevents every injury. What's a fair view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** coach, fair view · **What happens:** say, stretch, prevent, be · **To what, where:** injury · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» of the myths 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/myths/33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The coach says stretching prevents every injury.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t11:1
# text = The coach says stretching prevents every injury.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	nsubj	_	_
5	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the coach |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stretch** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **prevent** | present |  | every injury |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer injury=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 a fair view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t11:2
# text = What's a fair view?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Moving warm-ups work better, but stretching won't hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t11:o1:1
# text = Moving warm-ups work better, but stretching won't hurt
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	nsubj	_	_
10	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | present | Moving warm ups |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stretch** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **hurt** | future |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only running fast prevents injury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t11:o2:1
# text = Only running fast prevents injury
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prevent** | present |  | injury |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer injury=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Warming up is a total waste of time, just start playing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t11:o3:1
# text = Warming up is a total waste of time, just start playing
1	Warming	warm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
12	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Warming | a total waste |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **start** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Stretching causes every injury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong:t11:o4:1
# text = Stretching causes every injury
1	Stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	nsubj	_	_
2	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cause** | present |  | every injury |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient |

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