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title: A girl in Cornwall turns round to wave at her mum while standing in… — The sea, waves and swimming pools · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Cornwall turns round to wave at her mum while standing in the waves. A big wave knocks her down. What rule did she forget? Test 2 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

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A girl in Cornwall turns round to wave at her mum while standing in the waves. A big wave knocks her down. What rule did she forget?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, big wave, rule · **What happens:** turn round, wave, stand, knock down, forget · **To what, where:** waves, girl

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Cornwall turns round to wave at her mum while standing in the waves.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t2:1
# text = A girl in Cornwall turns round to wave at her mum while standing in the waves.
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	Cornwall	Cornwall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	wave	wave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn round** | present | a girl in Cornwall |  |  |  |  | round *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wave** | to-infinitive | a girl in Cornwall *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at girl's mum | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at mum=Location |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund | a girl in Cornwall *not said here* |  |  | the waves |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wave=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:* A big wave knocks her down.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t2:2
# text = A big wave knocks her down.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knocks	knock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock down** | present | a big wave | girl |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What rule did she forget?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t2:3
# text = What rule did she forget?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **forget** | past · do-support | rule |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Never turn your back on the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t2:o1:1
# text = Never turn your back on the sea
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | your back |  | the sea |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Big waves only come in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t2:o2:1
# text = Big waves only come in winter
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Big waves |  |  |  | winter |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Good swimmers never fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t2:o3:1
# text = Good swimmers never fall
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fall** | present | Good swimmers |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Always swim far from the shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t2:o4:1
# text = Always swim far from the shore
1	Always	alway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | present | Always |  |  | the shore |  | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from shore=Trajectory |

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