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title: gonna dunk my cousin in the pool as a joke — Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, flo… · tree and pragmatics
description: gonna dunk my cousin in the pool as a joke Test 11 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gonna dunk my cousin in the pool as a joke

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** dunk · **To what, where:** cousin, pool

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t11:1
# text = gonna dunk my cousin in the pool as a joke
1	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
2	dunk	dunk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dunk** | imperative | you *not said here* | my cousin |  | the pool |  | as a joke | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme in pool=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, if it's only for a second or two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t11:o1:1
# text = Fine, if it's only for a second or two
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | for a second | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine in the shallow end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t11:o2:1
# text = Fine in the shallow end
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, never hold anyone under, people can drown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t11:o3:1
# text = No, never hold anyone under, people can drown
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	drown	drown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |
| 2 | **drown** | can | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine if he's a good swimmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t11:o4:1
# text = Fine if he's a good swimmer
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a good swimmer |  |  |  |  | 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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