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title: no lifeguards here but the water looks super calm — The beach and the sea · tree and pragmatics
description: no lifeguards here but the water looks super calm Test 13 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★ · The beach and the sea

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no lifeguards here but the water looks super calm

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** water · **What happens:** look

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t13:1
# text = no lifeguards here but the water looks super calm
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	super	super	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the water |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Swim in the calm bit, it is safest when there are no waves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t13:o1:1
# text = Swim in the calm bit, it is safest when there are no waves
1	Swim	swim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	_
12	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Swim in the calm bit |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **does** | present | no waves |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swim out past the waves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t13:o2:1
# text = Swim out past the waves
1	Swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	past	past	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the waves |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past wave=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Go to a beach with lifeguards instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t13:o3:1
# text = Go to a beach with lifeguards instead
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a beach |  | with lifeguards; instead *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swim alone so you go faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t13:o4:1
# text = Swim alone so you go faster
1	Swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | present | you |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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