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description: A girl in a thunderstorm on a golf course in Florida can run to the clubhouse or to a big lone oak. Which is safer and why? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

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A girl in a thunderstorm on a golf course in Florida can run to the clubhouse or to a big lone oak. Which is safer and why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** run, be

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in a thunderstorm on a golf course in Florida can run to the clubhouse or to a big lone oak.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t1:1
# text = A girl in a thunderstorm on a golf course in Florida can run to the clubhouse or to a big lone oak.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golf	golf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	clubhouse	clubhouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	lone	lone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | can | a girl in a thunderstorm on a golf course in Florida |  |  |  |  | to the clubhouse or a big lone oak *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to clubhouse=Result |

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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:* Which is safer and why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t1:2
# text = Which is safer and why?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The oak, because lightning avoids living things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t1:o1:1
# text = The oak, because lightning avoids living things
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	avoids	avoid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | present | the oak | living things |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Either, because lightning never strikes the same place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t1:o2:1
# text = Either, because lightning never strikes the same place
1	Either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	strikes	strike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **strike** | present | lightning | the same place |  |  |  | either *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |

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

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The clubhouse, because a lone tall tree draws lightning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t1:o3:1
# text = The clubhouse, because a lone tall tree draws lightning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clubhouse	clubhouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	lone	lone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	draws	draw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | present | the clubhouse | lightning |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lightning=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The oak, because its leaves keep her dry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t1:o4:1
# text = The oak, because its leaves keep her dry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the oak |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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