--- title: A girl in Perth feels dizzy and sick after hours on the beach in the… — Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body… · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Perth feels dizzy and sick after hours on the beach in the sun. What do her body's signals mean? 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What do her body's signals mean? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, signals, body · **What happens:** feel, mean, signal · **To what, where:** sun. This is test 8 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» 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/9-body-signals/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t8:1 # text = A girl in Perth feels dizzy and sick after hours on the beach in the sun. What do her body's signals mean? 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Perth Perth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 dizzy dizzy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 18 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | a girl in Perth | | | | hour | dizzy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **mean** | present · do-support | girl's body's signals | the sun. | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **signal** | | girl's body | | | | | | nom signal «communication transitive»: poss=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 {#o1} She needs to swim further out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t8:o1:1 # text = She needs to swim further out 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 further further ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | She | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **swim** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Her body is just bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t8:o2:1 # text = Her body is just bored 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Her body | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} She is hungry for ice cream only ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t8:o3:1 # text = She is hungry for ice cream only 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 cream cream NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | for ice cream; hungry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She is too hot and needs shade and water ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t8:o4:1 # text = She is too hot and needs shade and water 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **need** | present | She *not said here* | shade and water | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shade=Theme | **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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