--- title: big wave knocked me down, my ears hurt — The sea, waves and swimming pools · tree and pragmatics description: big wave knocked me down, my ears hurt Test 15 · ★★ of lesson 233 «The sea, waves and swimming pools» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/233-sea-and-pools/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The sea, waves and swimming pools](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/233-sea-and-pools/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools big wave knocked me down, my ears hurt **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big wave · **What happens:** knock down, hurt · **To what, where:** me, ears This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 233 «The sea, waves and swimming pools» 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/233-sea-and-pools/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t15:1 # text = big wave knocked me down, my ears hurt 1 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 9 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock down** | past | big wave | me | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **hurt** | participle | | my ears *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} Dive under the next wave so it can't hit u ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t15:o1:1 # text = Dive under the next wave so it can't hit u 1 Dive dive VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 11 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dive** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the next wave | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under wave=Location | | 2 | **not** **hit** | can | wave | u | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Swim out further, past where the waves break ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t15:o2:1 # text = Swim out further, past where the waves break 1 Swim swim VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 further further ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 past past ADP IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 break break VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | further, out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **break** | present | the waves | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Get out, rest and tell an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t15:o3:1 # text = Get out, rest and tell an adult 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 rest rest VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rest** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Go back in straight away to shake it off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t15:o4:1 # text = Go back in straight away to shake it off 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 straight straight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **shake off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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. 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