--- title: Grace couldn't swim at the pool party and had to wear armbands, the… — Swimming basics and water confidence · tree and pragmatics description: Grace couldn't swim at the pool party and had to wear armbands, the girls are laughing about it Test 19 · ★★ 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/t19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Swimming basics and water confidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/) / t19 # Test 19 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence Grace couldn't swim at the pool party and had to wear armbands, the girls are laughing about it **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grace, girls · **What happens:** not swim, have, wear, laugh · **To what, where:** pool party, armbands This is test 19 · ★★ 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/#t19). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t19:1 # text = Grace couldn't swim at the pool party and had to wear armbands, the girls are laughing about it 1 Grace Grace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 armbands armband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **swim** | could | Grace | | | the pool party | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at party=Trajectory | | 2 | **have** | past | Grace *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wear** | to-infinitive | Grace *not said here* | armbands | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent armband=Source | | 4 | **laugh** | present · progressive | the girls | | | | | about party | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Spread it, armbands are funny at her age ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t19:o1:1 # text = Spread it, armbands are funny at her age 1 Spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 armbands armband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | armbands | | | | at her age | funny *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Spread it, but pretend you were not the one who told ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t19:o2:1 # text = Spread it, but pretend you were not the one who told 1 Spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 5 pretend pretend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | you | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the one | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Spread it, so she practises harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t19:o3:1 # text = Spread it, so she practises harder 1 Spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 practises practise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **practise** | present | she | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Do not join in; learning to swim takes time and laughing at her is unkind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t19:o4:1 # text = Do not join in; learning to swim takes time and laughing at her is unkind 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 join join VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 learning learn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 csubj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **join in** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **learn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **swim** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | present | learning | | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **laugh** | gerund | | | | | | at her *= she* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | laughing | | | | | unkind *property* | tree rules | **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. 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