--- title: A boy notices a calm, dark strip of water between breaking waves and… — The beach and the sea · tree and pragmatics description: A boy notices a calm, dark strip of water between breaking waves and thinks it looks like the best place to swim. Why is he wrong? 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Why is he wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, strip · **What happens:** notice, break, think, look, swim, be · **To what, where:** calm dark strip · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy notices a calm, dark strip of water between breaking waves and thinks it looks like the best place to swim. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t2:1 # text = A boy notices a calm, dark strip of water between breaking waves and thinks it looks like the best place to swim. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 notices notice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 strip strip NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 between between ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 18 like like ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | present | a boy | a calm dark strip of water | | | | between breaking waves | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer strip=Stimulus | | 2 | **break** | gerund | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | a boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **look** | present | strip | | | | | like the best place | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **swim** | to-infinitive | strip *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is he wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t2:2 # text = Why is he wrong? 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 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | boy | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Calm water has more jellyfish ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t2:o1:1 # text = Calm water has more jellyfish 1 Calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 jellyfish jellyfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Calm water | more jellyfish | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jellyfish=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dark water always means there is a shark swimming close by ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t2:o2:1 # text = Dark water always means there is a shark swimming close by 1 Dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shark shark NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 9 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Dark water | | | | | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | a shark | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **swim** | gerund | a shark *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Dark water is always very cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t2:o3:1 # text = Dark water is always very cold 1 Dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Dark water | | | | | always, cold *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} That calm strip may be a rip current flowing out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t2:o4:1 # text = That calm strip may be a rip current flowing out 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 strip strip NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 rip rip NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | may | that calm strip | a rip current | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **flow out** | gerund | a rip current *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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