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title: A boy shouts «Help, I'm drowning!» in a pool three times as a joke.… — Saying no honestly, harmful lies, chea… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy shouts «Help, I'm drowning!» in a pool three times as a joke. Why is that dangerous for him later? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 2 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…

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A boy shouts «Help, I'm drowning!» in a pool three times as a joke. Why is that dangerous for him later?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** shout, drown, be · **To what, where:** Help, pool · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» 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/333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy shouts «Help, I'm drowning!» in a pool three times as a joke.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t2:1
# text = A boy shouts «Help, I'm drowning!» in a pool three times as a joke.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	drowning	drown	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a boy | Help |  | a pool | time | as a joke | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Topic |
| 2 | **drown** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a boy *= boy* |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 that dangerous for him later?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t2:2
# text = Why is that dangerous for him later?
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	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for boy; dangerous, late *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The lifeguard may not hurry when he really is in trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t2:o1:1
# text = The lifeguard may not hurry when he really is in trouble
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hurry	hurry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurry** | may | the lifeguard |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | lifeguard |  |  | trouble |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It makes him a better swimmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t2:o2:1
# text = It makes him a better swimmer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | a better swimmer | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary swimmer=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is only a problem if he shouts it in the sea, not in a pool

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t2:o3:1
# text = It is only a problem if he shouts it in the sea, not in a pool
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a problem and a pool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | it |  | the sea |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lifeguards always come every time anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t2:o4:1
# text = Lifeguards always come every time anyway
1	Lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Lifeguards |  |  |  | time | always, anyway *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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