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title: A girl caught in a rip is too tired to swim. What will most likely k… — The beach and the sea · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl caught in a rip is too tired to swim. What will most likely keep her safe? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · The beach and the sea

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A girl caught in a rip is too tired to swim. What will most likely keep her safe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** catch, be, swim, keep · **To what, where:** girl, rip

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl caught in a rip is too tired to swim.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t5:1
# text = A girl caught in a rip is too tired to swim.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | participle |  | a girl *not said here* |  | a rip |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a girl |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **swim** | to-infinitive | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 will most likely keep her safe?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t5:2
# text = What will most likely keep her safe?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | future |  | girl |  |  |  | likely, safe *property* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme she=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Trying hard to swim straight back against the current

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t5:o1:1
# text = Trying hard to swim straight back against the current
1	Trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **swim** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the current |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against current=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Floating on her back and raising an arm to signal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t5:o2:1
# text = Floating on her back and raising an arm to signal
1	Floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	raising	raise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	signal	signal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  | her back |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory |
| 2 | **raise** | gerund | Floating | a arm |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
| 3 | **signal** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Floating *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Going under to look for the bottom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t5:o3:1
# text = Going under to look for the bottom
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for the bottom | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bottom=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Taking off her life jacket so she can move faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t5:o4:1
# text = Taking off her life jacket so she can move faster
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | gerund |  | her life jacket |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | can | she |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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