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title: Children on a sandbank notice the water rising around them. What sho… — Safe at lakes and beaches · tree and pragmatics
description: Children on a sandbank notice the water rising around them. What should they have done? Test 4 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches

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Children on a sandbank notice the water rising around them. What should they have done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Children, water · **What happens:** notice, rise, do · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Children on a sandbank notice the water rising around them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t4:1
# text = Children on a sandbank notice the water rising around them.
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sandbank	sandbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	notice	notice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | present | Children on a sandbank | the water |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus |
| 2 | **rise** | gerund | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around Children *= child* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around they=Location |

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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:* What should they have done?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t4:2
# text = What should they have done?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should · perfect | Children *= child* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Dug a deeper hole to stand in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t4:o1:1
# text = Dug a deeper hole to stand in
1	Dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past |  | a deeper hole |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Brought a much bigger bucket to scoop the water away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t4:o2:1
# text = Brought a much bigger bucket to scoop the water away
1	Brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	scoop	scoop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past |  | a bigger bucket |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |
| 2 | **scoop away** | to-infinitive |  | the water |  |  |  | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gone out even further, where the sand stays drier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t4:o3:1
# text = Gone out even further, where the sand stays drier
1	Gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	drier	dry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | participle | the sand *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the sand |  |  |  |  | dry, far *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Checked the tide times before going out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t4:o4:1
# text = Checked the tide times before going out
1	Checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | past |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go out** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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