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title: At a hotel pool in Florida, a boy wants to dive in at the shallow en… — Pools, lakes and ice · tree and pragmatics
description: At a hotel pool in Florida, a boy wants to dive in at the shallow end because it looks deep enough. What is the safe choice? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice

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At a hotel pool in Florida, a boy wants to dive in at the shallow end because it looks deep enough. What is the safe choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, end, safe choice · **What happens:** want, dive in, look, be · **To what, where:** hotel pool, shallow end

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» 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/45-pools-lakes-and-ice/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At a hotel pool in Florida, a boy wants to dive in at the shallow end because it looks deep enough.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t2:1
# text = At a hotel pool in Florida, a boy wants to dive in at the shallow end because it looks deep enough.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	dive	dive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
21	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	_
22	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a boy |  |  | a hotel pool in Florida |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **dive in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  | at the shallow end |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location |
| 3 | **look** | present | end |  |  |  |  | deep, enough *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the safe choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t2:2
# text = What is the safe 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	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 safe choice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Jump in head first instead of diving, since jumping is always safe in a hotel pool

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t2:o1:1
# text = Jump in head first instead of diving, since jumping is always safe in a hotel pool
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	diving	dive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | head |  | first *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Trajectory |
| 2 | **dive** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  | a hotel pool |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Go in feet first, and dive only where the water is known to be deep

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t2:o2:1
# text = Go in feet first, and dive only where the water is known to be deep
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dive	dive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | feet |  | first *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in foot=Location |
| 2 | **dive** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **know** | present · passive |  | the water |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | deep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dive in with his arms out in front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t2:o3:1
# text = Dive in with his arms out in front
1	Dive	dive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with his arms; in front; out *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in front=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dive in only if no one is looking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t2:o4:1
# text = Dive in only if no one is looking
1	Dive	dive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | no one |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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