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title: yo, where did Alonzo go swimming at night, like the actual spot? — Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, where did Alonzo go swimming at night, like the actual spot? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 1 · ★ · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest…

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yo, where did Alonzo go swimming at night, like the actual spot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alonzo · **What happens:** go, swim

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» of the books 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/books/1216-pg3282-part17/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t1:1
# text = yo, where did Alonzo go swimming at night, like the actual spot?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Alonzo	Alonzo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | Alonzo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **swim** | gerund | Alonzo *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the little pond behind the church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t1:o1:1
# text = the little pond behind the church
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the creepy deep pool by the river, right where the ferns hang over the water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t1:o2:1
# text = the creepy deep pool by the river, right where the ferns hang over the water
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ferns	fern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	hang	hang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | present | the creepy deep pool by the river |  |  | the water |  | right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over water=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the creepy deep pool by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t1:o3:1
# text = the creepy deep pool by the river
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the spooky lake near the mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t1:o4:1
# text = the spooky lake near the mill
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spooky	spooky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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