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title: A girl in New Zealand finds the flags are far away and wants to swim… — The beach and the sea · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in New Zealand finds the flags are far away and wants to swim right in front of her towel instead. What is the safest choice? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 44 «The beach and the sea» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 1 · ★ · The beach and the sea

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A girl in New Zealand finds the flags are far away and wants to swim right in front of her towel instead. What is the safest choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, flags, safest choice · **What happens:** find, be, want, swim · **To what, where:** front · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 44 «The beach and the sea» 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/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in New Zealand finds the flags are far away and wants to swim right in front of her towel instead.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t1:1
# text = A girl in New Zealand finds the flags are far away and wants to swim right in front of her towel instead.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	ccomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
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	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	right	right	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a girl in New Zealand |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the flags |  |  |  |  | away, far *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | present | a girl in New Zealand *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **swim** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a girl in New Zealand *not said here* |  |  | front of girl's towel |  | instead, right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the safest choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t1:2
# text = What is the safest choice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the safest choice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Swim where the water looks calm and dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t1:o1:1
# text = Swim where the water looks calm and dark
1	Swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | present | the water |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swim where some surfers are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t1:o2:1
# text = Swim where some surfers are
1	Swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	1	ccomp	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	surfers	surfer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | some surfers |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

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

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Walk to the flags and swim between them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t1:o3:1
# text = Walk to the flags and swim between them
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the flags *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to flag=Result |
| 2 | **swim** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between flags *= flag* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between they=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Swim in front of her towel, but not far out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t1:o4:1
# text = Swim in front of her towel, but not far out
1	Swim	swim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

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