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title: A boy is scared of deep water. Which plan builds courage safely? — Anger and fears · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy is scared of deep water. Which plan builds courage safely? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday 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 10 · ★★ · Anger and fears

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A boy is scared of deep water. Which plan builds courage safely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, plan · **What happens:** be, build · **To what, where:** courage

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday 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/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy is scared of deep water.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t10:1
# text = A boy is scared of deep water.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a boy |  |  |  |  | of deep water; scared *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Which plan builds courage safely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t10:2
# text = Which plan builds courage safely?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | which plan | courage |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset courage=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Avoiding all water for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t10:o1:1
# text = Avoiding all water for good
1	Avoiding	avoid	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | gerund |  | all water |  |  |  | for good | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent water=Location |

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

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Small steps with a teacher, with an adult always watching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t10:o2:1
# text = Small steps with a teacher, with an adult always watching
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund | Small steps with a teacher |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Going to the deep end with no one around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t10:o3:1
# text = Going to the deep end with no one around
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	around	around	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  | to the deep end | with no one; around *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jumping off the end of the pier into the sea, alone and quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t10:o4:1
# text = Jumping off the end of the pier into the sea, alone and quickly
1	Jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pier	pier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | gerund |  | the end of the pier |  | the sea |  | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent end=Theme into sea=Trajectory |

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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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