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title: On a beach in Queensland, a boy is stung by a jellyfish. Someone sho… — The night sky and outdoor myths · tree and pragmatics
description: On a beach in Queensland, a boy is stung by a jellyfish. Someone shouts «Pee on it!» What is better? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

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On a beach in Queensland, a boy is stung by a jellyfish. Someone shouts «Pee on it!» What is better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jellyfish, Someone · **What happens:** sting, shout, be · **To what, where:** boy, Pee

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a beach in Queensland, a boy is stung by a jellyfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t7:1
# text = On a beach in Queensland, a boy is stung by a jellyfish.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Queensland	Queensland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	stung	sting	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | present · passive | a jellyfish | a boy |  |  |  | on a beach in Queensland | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent subject=Experiencer on beach=Theme |

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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:* Someone shouts «Pee on it!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t7:2
# text = Someone shouts «Pee on it!»
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Pee	pee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Someone | Pee |  | Pee |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pee=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What is better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t7:3
# text = What is better?
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	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	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 |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Rub wet sand into the sting hard to get it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t7:o1:1
# text = Rub wet sand into the sting hard to get it out
1	Rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | wet sand |  | the sting |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sand=Theme into sting=Destination |
| 2 | **get out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | sand |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Follow local first aid and get a lifeguard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t7:o2:1
# text = Follow local first aid and get a lifeguard
1	Follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* | local first aid |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aid=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a lifeguard |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lifeguard=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pee on it, because that always works on stings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t7:o3:1
# text = Pee on it, because that always works on stings
1	Pee	pee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	stings	sting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Pee on it |  |  |  |  | on stings; always *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on sting=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ignore it, because all jellyfish stings are harmless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t7:o4:1
# text = Ignore it, because all jellyfish stings are harmless
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stings	sting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | all jellyfish stings |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |

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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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