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title: Ethan sees his little cousin slip into a garden pond and struggle. W… — Swimming basics and water confidence · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan sees his little cousin slip into a garden pond and struggle. What should he do first? Test 2 · ★★ 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 wr
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence

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Ethan sees his little cousin slip into a garden pond and struggle. What should he do first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ethan · **What happens:** see, slip, do · **To what, where:** little cousin slip, garden pond

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan sees his little cousin slip into a garden pond and struggle.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t2:1
# text = Ethan sees his little cousin slip into a garden pond and struggle.
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	struggle	struggle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Ethan | Ethan's little cousin slip |  | a garden pond and struggle |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer slip=Stimulus |
| 2 | **slip** |  | Ethan |  |  |  |  |  | nom slip «act intransitive»: poss=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should he do first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t2:2
# text = What should he do first?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | Ethan |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Run indoors to find a towel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t2:o1:1
# text = Run indoors to find a towel
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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* |  |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a towel |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent towel=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Go and get his armbands and a rubber ring from the shed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t2:o2:1
# text = Go and get his armbands and a rubber ring from the shed
1	Go	go	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	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	armbands	armband	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his armbands and a rubber ring |  | the shed |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent armband=Theme from shed=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Jump in head first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t2:o3:1
# text = Jump in head first
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | head |  | first *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Trajectory |

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

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Shout for an adult and hold out a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t2:o4:1
# text = Shout for an adult and hold out a stick
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	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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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 | **hold out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a stick |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

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