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title: In films drowning people scream and splash. What is real drowning of… — Swimming and cycling · tree and pragmatics
description: In films drowning people scream and splash. What is real drowning often like? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Swimming and cycling

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In films drowning people scream and splash. What is real drowning often like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** films · **What happens:** drown, scream, splash, be · **To what, where:** people, real drowning

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» of the medicine 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/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In films drowning people scream and splash.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t4:1
# text = In films drowning people scream and splash.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	drowning	drown	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	scream	scream	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	splash	splash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | gerund | films *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | films |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **splash** | present | films *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 is real drowning often like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t4:2
# text = What is real drowning often like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drowning	drowning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	often	often	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | real drowning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Loud screaming and splashing for minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t4:o1:1
# text = Loud screaming and splashing for minutes
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	splashing	splash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **splash** | gerund |  |  |  |  | minute |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Waving both arms high above the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t4:o2:1
# text = Waving both arms high above the head
1	Waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | both arms |  | the head |  | high *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Quiet, head low, no waving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t4:o3:1
# text = Quiet, head low, no waving
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	waving	waving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Calling out names clearly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t4:o4:1
# text = Calling out names clearly
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | names |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient |

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