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title: A girl in Ireland sees two beaches: one with lifeguards and red and… — Safe at lakes and beaches · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Ireland sees two beaches: one with lifeguards and red and yellow flags, one empty and quiet. Where is it safer to swim? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches

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A girl in Ireland sees two beaches: one with lifeguards and red and yellow flags, one empty and quiet. Where is it safer to swim?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, it · **What happens:** see, be, swim · **To what, where:** two beaches

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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/232-lakes-and-beaches/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Ireland sees two beaches: one with lifeguards and red and yellow flags, one empty and quiet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t1:1
# text = A girl in Ireland sees two beaches: one with lifeguards and red and yellow flags, one empty and quiet.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	appos	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a girl in Ireland | two beaches |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beach=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:* Where is it safer to swim?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t1:2
# text = Where is it safer to swim?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **swim** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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At the empty beach, as nobody is in the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t1:o1:1
# text = At the empty beach, as nobody is in the way
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | nobody |  |  | the way |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Either, as long as she swims fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t1:o2:1
# text = Either, as long as she swims fast
1	Either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | present | she |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At the empty beach, near the rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t1:o3:1
# text = At the empty beach, near the rocks
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Between the flags at the lifeguarded beach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t1:o4:1
# text = Between the flags at the lifeguarded beach
1	Between	between	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lifeguarded	lifeguard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lifeguard** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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