--- title: A child in a kayak says the life jacket is too hot. What would you s… — Swimming basics and water confidence · tree and pragmatics description: A child in a kayak says the life jacket is too hot. What would you say? Test 7 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence A child in a kayak says the life jacket is too hot. What would you say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, life jacket, you · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A child in a kayak says the life jacket is too hot. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t7:1 # text = A child in a kayak says the life jacket is too hot. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 kayak kayak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 jacket jacket NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a child in a kayak | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the life jacket | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would you say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t7:2 # text = What would you say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Just hold it on your lap ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t7:o1:1 # text = Just hold it on your lap 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | your lap | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on lap=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} It does not matter, you can swim ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t7:o2:1 # text = It does not matter, you can swim 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **swim** | can | you | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} If the kayak tips over, it keeps you afloat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t7:o3:1 # text = If the kayak tips over, it keeps you afloat 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 kayak kayak NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tips tip VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 over over ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 afloat afloat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tip over** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the kayak | | | | | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep** | present | kayak | you | | | | afloat *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wear armbands instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t7:o4:1 # text = Wear armbands instead 1 Wear wear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 armbands armband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | armbands | | | | instead *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent armband=Source | **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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