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title: If there were no gaps between sandbanks along a beach, where could a… — Thinking like a lifeguard · tree and pragmatics
description: If there were no gaps between sandbanks along a beach, where could a rip still form? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 7 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

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If there were no gaps between sandbanks along a beach, where could a rip still form?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gaps, rip · **What happens:** be, form

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t7:1
# text = If there were no gaps between sandbanks along a beach, where could a rip still form?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sandbanks	sandbank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	along	along	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	still	still	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | no gaps between sandbanks along a beach |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **form** | could | a rip |  |  |  | still |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wherever the returning water finds an easier way out, such as beside rocks or a pier

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t7:o1:1
# text = Wherever the returning water finds an easier way out, such as beside rocks or a pier
1	Wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	returning	return	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pier	pier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present | the returning water | a easier way and rocks or a pier |  |  |  | wherever *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only on beaches with no waves at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t7:o2:1
# text = Only on beaches with no waves at all
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nowhere, because rips need sandbanks to exist and cannot form without them on any beach

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t7:o3:1
# text = Nowhere, because rips need sandbanks to exist and cannot form without them on any beach
1	Nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	rips	rip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sandbanks	sandbank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | rips | sandbanks |  |  |  | nowhere *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **exist** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sandbanks *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **form** | can | sandbanks *not said here* |  |  | any beach |  | without rips *= rip* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only in the middle of the open ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t7:o4:1
# text = Only in the middle of the open ocean
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	middle	middle	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	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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