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title: On a beach with big waves, where would you expect the strongest flow… — Thinking like a lifeguard · tree and pragmatics
description: On a beach with big waves, where would you expect the strongest flow out to sea? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 4 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

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On a beach with big waves, where would you expect the strongest flow out to sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** expect · **To what, where:** strongest flow, beach

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t4:1
# text = On a beach with big waves, where would you expect the strongest flow out to sea?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	expect	expect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	flow	flow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | would | you | the strongest flow |  | a beach with big waves |  | out *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flow=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Where the biggest, loudest waves are crashing onto the sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t4:o1:1
# text = Where the biggest, loudest waves are crashing onto the sand
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | present · progressive | the biggest loudest waves |  |  | the sand |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto sand=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right at the edge of the dry sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t4:o2:1
# text = Right at the edge of the dry sand
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only far out beyond the horizon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t4:o3:1
# text = Only far out beyond the horizon
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horizon	horizon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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In a narrow gap where fewer waves are breaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t4:o4:1
# text = In a narrow gap where fewer waves are breaking
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
6	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · progressive | fewer waves |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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