--- title: Why is swimming in an old quarry so dangerous, even for good swimmers? — Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking · tree and pragmatics description: Why is swimming in an old quarry so dangerous, even for good swimmers? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/t8/) [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/) / [Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking Why is swimming in an old quarry so dangerous, even for good swimmers? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** swim · **To what, where:** old quarry This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t8:1 # text = Why is swimming in an old quarry so dangerous, even for good swimmers? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 quarry quarry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 swimmers swimmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present · progressive | | | | a old quarry | | for good swimmers | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in quarry=Trajectory | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Quarry water is always salty and stings your eyes badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t8:o1:1 # text = Quarry water is always salty and stings your eyes badly 1 Quarry Quarry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stings sting VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Quarry water | | | | | always, salty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sting** | present | Quarry water *not said here* | your eyes | | | | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} The water is too warm to swim in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t8:o2:1 # text = The water is too warm to swim in 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **swim** | to-infinitive | the water *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fish in quarries bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t8:o3:1 # text = Fish in quarries bite 1 Fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 quarries quarry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | Fish in quarries | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The water is very deep and cold, and rocks can fall ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t8:o4:1 # text = The water is very deep and cold, and rocks can fall 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the water *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | can | rocks | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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