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title: Two boys are playing at the pool. One pushes the other in near the e… — The sea, waves and swimming pools · tree and pragmatics
description: Two boys are playing at the pool. One pushes the other in near the edge. What could go wrong? Test 3 · ★★ 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 w
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# Test 3 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

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Two boys are playing at the pool. One pushes the other in near the edge. What could go wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two boys, One · **What happens:** play, push, go · **To what, where:** pool, other, edge

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two boys are playing at the pool.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t3:1
# text = Two boys are playing at the pool.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present · progressive | Two boys |  |  | the pool |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* One pushes the other in near the edge.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t3:2
# text = One pushes the other in near the edge.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | One | the other |  | the edge |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent other=Theme in edge=Trajectory |

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*Sentence 3:* What could go wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t3:3
# text = What could go wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | could |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He will just get a little bit wet, nothing more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t3:o1:1
# text = He will just get a little bit wet, nothing more
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	parataxis	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | He |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He could hit the side and swallow water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t3:o2:1
# text = He could hit the side and swallow water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | could | He | the side |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme side=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **swallow** | infinitive | He *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The water will splash the lifeguard's chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t3:o3:1
# text = The water will splash the lifeguard's chair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	splash	splash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **splash** | future | the water | the lifeguard's chair |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chair=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, because pools are made to be safe for pushing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t3:o4:1
# text = Nothing, because pools are made to be safe for pushing
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | pools |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | pools *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **push** | gerund | pools *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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