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title: in the car in the storm, are we safe — Thinking like a lifeguard · tree and pragmatics
description: in the car in the storm, are we safe Test 12 · ★★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

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in the car in the storm, are we safe

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** car

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t12:1
# text = in the car in the storm, are we safe
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, open the windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t12:o1:1
# text = No, open the windows
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the windows |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, cars attract lightning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t12:o2:1
# text = No, cars attract lightning
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	attract	attract	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | present | cars | lightning |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lightning=Patient |

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

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Yes, the metal body carries the current around us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, the metal body carries the current around us
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | the metal body | the current |  |  |  | around us | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent current=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, because of the rubber tyres, they stop it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, because of the rubber tyres, they stop it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | tyres *= tyre* | it |  |  |  | because the rubber tyres | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

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