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title: A girl in Queensland is stung by a box jellyfish. What do lifeguards… — Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Queensland is stung by a box jellyfish. What do lifeguards there use? Test 2 · ★★ 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 2 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

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A girl in Queensland is stung by a box jellyfish. What do lifeguards there use?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** box jellyfish, lifeguards · **What happens:** sting, use · **To what, where:** girl

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Queensland is stung by a box jellyfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t2:1
# text = A girl in Queensland is stung by a box jellyfish.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Queensland	Queensland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	stung	sting	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | present · passive | a box jellyfish | a girl in Queensland |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

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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 do lifeguards there use?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t2:2
# text = What do lifeguards there use?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · do-support | lifeguards |  |  | there |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lemonade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t2:o1:1
# text = Lemonade
1	Lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fresh tap water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t2:o2:1
# text = Fresh tap water
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hot sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t2:o3:1
# text = Hot sand
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Vinegar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t2:o4:1
# text = Vinegar
1	Vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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