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title: jellyfish got me at the beach, rinse with my water bottle? — Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma · tree and pragmatics
description: jellyfish got me at the beach, rinse with my water bottle? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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 12 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

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jellyfish got me at the beach, rinse with my water bottle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** jellyfish · **What happens:** get, rinse · **To what, where:** me, beach

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t12:1
# text = jellyfish got me at the beach, rinse with my water bottle?
1	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	rinse	rinse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | jellyfish | me |  | the beach |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Theme at beach=Asset |
| 2 | **rinse** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with my water bottle | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=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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Yes, fresh water is best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, fresh water is best
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | fresh water |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rub it with sand instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t12:o2:1
# text = Rub it with sand instead
1	Rub	rub	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	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with sand; instead *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with sand=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pee on it to stop the sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t12:o3:1
# text = Pee on it to stop the sting
1	Pee	pee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | the sting |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sting=Eventuality |

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

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No, rinse with seawater and tell a lifeguard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t12:o4:1
# text = No, rinse with seawater and tell a lifeguard
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	rinse	rinse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	seawater	seawater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rinse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with seawater | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a lifeguard |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lifeguard=Recipient |

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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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