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description: A boy in Ontario is toasting a marshmallow and his little sister wants to play tag around the fire. What should he say? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 1 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

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A boy in Ontario is toasting a marshmallow and his little sister wants to play tag around the fire. What should he say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, little sister · **What happens:** toast, want, play, say · **To what, where:** marshmallow, tag, fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» 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/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Ontario is toasting a marshmallow and his little sister wants to play tag around the fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t1:1
# text = A boy in Ontario is toasting a marshmallow and his little sister wants to play tag around the fire.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ontario	Ontario	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	toasting	toast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	marshmallow	marshmallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	tag	tag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	around	around	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toast** | present · progressive | a boy in Ontario | a marshmallow |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent marshmallow=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | present | boy's little sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy's little sister *not said here* | tag |  | the fire |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=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:* What should he say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t1:2
# text = What should he say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is fine if we hold hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t1:o1:1
# text = It is fine if we hold hands
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | hands |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

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

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No running near the fire; we could fall in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t1:o2:1
# text = No running near the fire; we could fall in
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	running	running	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall in** | could | we | no running near the fire *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient running=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Run quickly round the fire so the smoke cannot follow us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t1:o3:1
# text = Run quickly round the fire so the smoke cannot follow us
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	round	round	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
12	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the fire |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round fire=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **follow** | can | the smoke | us |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only run on the far side of the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t1:o4:1
# text = Only run on the far side of the fire
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the far side of the fire |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory |

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