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title: A family in Wales wants to cross a fast stream on stepping stones. W… — Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, flo… · tree and pragmatics
description: A family in Wales wants to cross a fast stream on stepping stones. Why is this risky? Test 3 · ★ 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 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A family in Wales wants to cross a fast stream on stepping stones. Why is this risky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, this · **What happens:** want, cross, step, be · **To what, where:** fast stream, stepping stones

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family in Wales wants to cross a fast stream on stepping stones.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t3:1
# text = A family in Wales wants to cross a fast stream on stepping stones.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	stepping	step	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a family in Wales |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **cross** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a family in Wales *not said here* | a fast stream |  | stepping stones |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Patient |
| 3 | **step** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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:* Why is this risky?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t3:2
# text = Why is this risky?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	risky	risky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | risky *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wet stones are slippery and a fall into a river is dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t3:o1:1
# text = Wet stones are slippery and a fall into a river is dangerous
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	slippery	slippery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wet stones |  |  |  |  | slippery *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a fall into a river |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The stones get too hot in the sun and burn your feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t3:o2:1
# text = The stones get too hot in the sun and burn your feet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the stones |  |  | the sun |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **burn** | infinitive | the stones *not said here* | your feet |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent foot=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stepping stones always sink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t3:o3:1
# text = Stepping stones always sink
1	Stepping	step	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sink** | present | Stepping stones |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fish nest under the stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t3:o4:1
# text = Fish nest under the stones
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	nest	nest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nest** | present | Fish |  |  | the stones |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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