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title: someone's floating face down in the pool!! — Swimming basics and water confidence · tree and pragmatics
description: someone's floating face down in the pool!! Test 15 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Swimming basics and water confidence» 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 right.
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence

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someone's floating face down in the pool!!

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** float · **To what, where:** face

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This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Swimming basics and water confidence» 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/7-swimming-and-water/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t15:1
# text = someone's floating face down in the pool!!
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | gerund |  | face |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Agent |

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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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Wait and see if they are playing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t15:o1:1
# text = Wait and see if they are playing
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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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 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **play** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Run and get your phone to film it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t15:o2:1
# text = Run and get your phone to film it
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	film	film	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your phone |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer phone=Stimulus |
| 3 | **film** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | phone |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jump in and try to lift them out of the water all alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t15:o3:1
# text = Jump in and try to lift them out of the water all alone
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **try** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **lift** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the water |  | alone *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme out water=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Shout for an adult and call for help at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t15:o4:1
# text = Shout for an adult and call for help at once
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a adult | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for help | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at once=Stimulus |

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