--- title: A boy in Queensland is at a barbecue at sunset by a lake. Which is t… — Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Queensland is at a barbecue at sunset by a lake. Which is the best choice? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes A boy in Queensland is at a barbecue at sunset by a lake. Which is the best choice? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** barbecue, best choice This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» 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/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy in Queensland is at a barbecue at sunset by a lake. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t3:1 # text = A boy in Queensland is at a barbecue at sunset by a lake. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Queensland Queensland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 barbecue barbecue NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a boy in Queensland | | | a barbecue | sunset | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which is the best choice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t3:2 # text = Which is the best choice? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the best choice | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Put on repellent and long sleeves ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t3:o1:1 # text = Put on repellent and long sleeves 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 repellent repellent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sleeves sleeve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | repellent and long sleeves | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on repellent=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Do nothing, mosquitoes only bite at noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t3:o2:1 # text = Do nothing, mosquitoes only bite at noon 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 mosquitoes mosquito NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 2 | **bite** | present | mosquitoes | | | | noon | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Take his shirt off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t3:o3:1 # text = Take his shirt off 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take off** | imperative | you *not said here* | his shirt | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Stand near the water to cool off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t3:o4:1 # text = Stand near the water to cool off 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 near near ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cool cool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near water=Location | | 2 | **cool off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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