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title: What would happen if you cracked the knuckles of one hand every day… — Moving, swimming and sport · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if you cracked the knuckles of one hand every day for years and never the other? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» 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 right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Moving, swimming and sport

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What would happen if you cracked the knuckles of one hand every day for years and never the other?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, crack · **To what, where:** knuckles

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» 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/5-moving-swimming-and-sport/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t2:1
# text = What would happen if you cracked the knuckles of one hand every day for years and never the other?
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	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	knuckles	knuckle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crack** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | the knuckles of one hand |  |  | day; year |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knuckle=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.

## The options {#options}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very likely no difference in arthritis between the hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t2:o1:1
# text = Very likely no difference in arthritis between the hands
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	arthritis	arthritis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The other hand would get weaker from not cracking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t2:o2:1
# text = The other hand would get weaker from not cracking
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the other hand |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **crack** | gerund | the other hand *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both hands would stop popping forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t2:o3:1
# text = Both hands would stop popping forever
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	popping	pop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | both hands |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pop** | gerund | both hands *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cracking hand would get arthritis first, just as Gran warned him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t2:o4:1
# text = The cracking hand would get arthritis first, just as Gran warned him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cracking	cracking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	arthritis	arthritis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the cracking hand | arthritis |  |  |  | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arthritis=Stimulus |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | Gran |  | hand |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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