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title: A girl stays in the sun after getting sunburnt, saying it will turn… — Snow, ice and strong sun · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl stays in the sun after getting sunburnt, saying it will turn into a tan. What is true? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun

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A girl stays in the sun after getting sunburnt, saying it will turn into a tan. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, sun · **What happens:** stay, get, say, turn, be · **To what, where:** sun, tan · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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/234-snow-ice-and-sun/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl stays in the sun after getting sunburnt, saying it will turn into a tan.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t8:1
# text = A girl stays in the sun after getting sunburnt, saying it will turn into a tan.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	sunburnt	sunburnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	tan	tan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | a girl |  |  | the sun |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sunburnt *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **turn** | future | sun |  |  | a tan |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into tan=Trajectory |

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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 is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t8:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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More sun makes the burn worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t8:o1:1
# text = More sun makes the burn worse
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | More sun | the burn |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset burn=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sunburn turns into a tan safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t8:o2:1
# text = Sunburn turns into a tan safely
1	Sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tan	tan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Sunburn |  |  | a tan |  | safely *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into tan=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Burnt skin heals faster in sunlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t8:o3:1
# text = Burnt skin heals faster in sunlight
1	Burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heals	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | present | Burnt skin |  |  | sunlight |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A burn protects her from more burning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t8:o4:1
# text = A burn protects her from more burning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	burning	burning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | a burn |  | her *= she* |  |  | from more burning | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from burning=Theme |

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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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