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# Test 17 · ★ · The beach and the sea

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heard the lifeguard put up the red flag but some guys swam anyway and one had to be rescued, my aunty saw it

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lifeguard, guys, one, aunty · **What happens:** hear, put up, swim, have, rescue, see · **To what, where:** lifeguard, red flag, flag

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t17:1
# text = heard the lifeguard put up the red flag but some guys swam anyway and one had to be rescued, my aunty saw it
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	rescued	rescue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	aunty	aunty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past |  | the lifeguard |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lifeguard=Stimulus |
| 2 | **put up** | participle | the lifeguard *not said here* | the red flag |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent flag=Goal |
| 3 | **swim** | past | some guys |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | past | one |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **rescue** | to-infinitive · passive | one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP» |
| 6 | **see** | past | my aunty | flag |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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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Real lesson: lifeguards put flags up for no reason, just to boss people about on the beach

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t17:o1:1
# text = Real lesson: lifeguards put flags up for no reason, just to boss people about on the beach
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	boss	boss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put up** | present | lifeguards | flags |  |  |  | for no reason | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent flag=Goal |
| 2 | **boss** | to-infinitive | lifeguards *not said here* |  | people | the beach |  | about *property* | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is gossip, so red flags do not matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t17:o2:1
# text = It is gossip, so red flags do not matter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | red flags | gossip *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It proves only adults ignore flags

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t17:o3:1
# text = It proves only adults ignore flags
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ignore	ignore	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **ignore** | present | adults | flags |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real lesson: a red flag means it is too dangerous to swim, so obey the flags

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t17:o4:1
# text = Real lesson: a red flag means it is too dangerous to swim, so obey the flags
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Real lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **swim** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **obey** | infinitive | Real lesson *not said here* | the flags |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Theme |

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