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title: A girl in the Lake District wants to climb over a fence to see a wat… — Hiking and camping safely · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in the Lake District wants to climb over a fence to see a waterfall from the cliff top. Why not? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Hiking and camping safely

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A girl in the Lake District wants to climb over a fence to see a waterfall from the cliff top. Why not?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** want, climb, see · **To what, where:** fence, waterfall, cliff top

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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/230-hiking-and-camping/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in the Lake District wants to climb over a fence to see a waterfall from the cliff top.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t2:1
# text = A girl in the Lake District wants to climb over a fence to see a waterfall from the cliff top.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Lake	Lake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	District	District	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	waterfall	waterfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a girl in the Lake District |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **climb** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a girl in the Lake District *not said here* |  |  | a fence |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | a girl in the Lake District *not said here* | a waterfall |  | the cliff top |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer waterfall=Stimulus |

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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:* Why not?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t2:2
# text = Why not?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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The edge can crumble and a fall could kill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t2:o1:1
# text = The edge can crumble and a fall could kill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	crumble	crumble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crumble** | can | the edge |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **kill** | could | a fall |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The waterfall always looks better from far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t2:o2:1
# text = The waterfall always looks better from far away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waterfall	waterfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the waterfall |  |  |  |  | always, away, good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She might get her coat dirty on the wet fence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t2:o3:1
# text = She might get her coat dirty on the wet fence
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | might | She | her coat |  |  |  | dirty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coat=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fences like that are only meant for farm animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t2:o4:1
# text = Fences like that are only meant for farm animals
1	Fences	fence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · passive |  | Fences like that |  |  |  | for farm animals | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for animal=Attribute |

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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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