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title: At a crowded beach in California, a girl cannot see her parents. If… — Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder,… · tree and pragmatics
description: At a crowded beach in California, a girl cannot see her parents. If her family had a plan, what would she do? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Test 6 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…

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At a crowded beach in California, a girl cannot see her parents. If her family had a plan, what would she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, family · **What happens:** not see, have, do · **To what, where:** parents, crowded beach, plan

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At a crowded beach in California, a girl cannot see her parents.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t6:1
# text = At a crowded beach in California, a girl cannot see her parents.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | a girl | girl's parents |  | a crowded beach in California |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus |

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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:* If her family had a plan, what would she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t6:2
# text = If her family had a plan, what would she do?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | girl's family | a plan |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | would | family | a plan |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Get into the sea to look from there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t6:o1:1
# text = Get into the sea to look from there
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination |
| 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from there=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walk home alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t6:o2:1
# text = Walk home alone
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone, home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Wander up and down the beach shouting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t6:o3:1
# text = Wander up and down the beach shouting
1	Wander	wander	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the beach *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Go to the meeting place they agreed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:t6:o4:1
# text = Go to the meeting place they agreed
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the meeting place |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | they | the meeting place *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent place=Topic |

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