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title: A girl is very thirsty halfway up a trail and sees a fast, clear str… — Hiking and the outdoors · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl is very thirsty halfway up a trail and sees a fast, clear stream. What is the safest choice? Test 8 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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 8 · Hiking and the outdoors

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A girl is very thirsty halfway up a trail and sees a fast, clear stream. What is the safest choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, safest choice · **What happens:** be, see · **To what, where:** fast clear stream

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This is test 8 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl is very thirsty halfway up a trail and sees a fast, clear stream.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t8:1
# text = A girl is very thirsty halfway up a trail and sees a fast, clear stream.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	halfway	halfway	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a girl |  |  |  |  | up a trail; halfway, thirsty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | present | a girl *not said here* | a fast clear stream |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stream=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 safest choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t8:2
# text = What is the safest 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	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	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 safest choice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wait until she reaches home to drink anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t8:o1:1
# text = Wait until she reaches home to drink anything
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | present | she |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Drink from a still puddle instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t8:o2:1
# text = Drink from a still puddle instead
1	Drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	puddle	puddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Drink the water she brought, or treat the stream water first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t8:o3:1
# text = Drink the water she brought, or treat the stream water first
1	Drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | the water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **bring** | past | she | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 3 | **treat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the stream water |  |  |  | first *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drink from the stream, as fast water is always clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t8:o4:1
# text = Drink from the stream, as fast water is always clean
1	Drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | fast water |  |  |  |  | always, clean *property* | tree rules |

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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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