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title: apparently a girl's hair got sucked into the pool drain and held her… — The sea, waves and swimming pools · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently a girl's hair got sucked into the pool drain and held her under. what's the true lesson? Test 17 · ★★ 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 choic
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# Test 17 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

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apparently a girl's hair got sucked into the pool drain and held her under. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** suck, hold, be · **To what, where:** hair, pool drain, true lesson

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This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t17:1
# text = apparently a girl's hair got sucked into the pool drain and held her under. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	sucked	suck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	under	under	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck** | past · passive |  | a girl's hair |  | the pool drain |  | apparently *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **hold** | past |  | hair |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the true lesson |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pool drains only ever pull in grown-ups, never children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t17:o1:1
# text = Pool drains only ever pull in grown-ups, never children
1	Pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drains	drain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drain** | present | Pool | children |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | infinitive | Pool *not said here* |  |  | grown ups | ever |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Drains only switch on at night when nobody is swimming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t17:o2:1
# text = Drains only switch on at night when nobody is swimming
1	Drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	switch	switch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch on** | present | Drains |  |  |  | night |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | nobody | swimming |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tie your hair up and then it's fine anywhere in the pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t17:o3:1
# text = Tie your hair up and then it's fine anywhere in the pool
1	Tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
10	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hair |  | the pool |  | anywhere *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Keep hair, fingers and toys away from pool drains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t17:o4:1
# text = Keep hair, fingers and toys away from pool drains
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | hair and fingers and toys |  | pool drains |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer hair=Beneficiary from drain=Eventuality |

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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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