--- title: Amelia's thrashing towards the beach, gasping. What would happen if… — Swimming and cycling · tree and pragmatics description: Amelia's thrashing towards the beach, gasping. What would happen if she kept that up? Test 6 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/t6/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Swimming and cycling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Swimming and cycling Amelia's thrashing towards the beach, gasping. What would happen if she kept that up? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Amelia · **What happens:** thrash, happen, keep up · **To what, where:** that This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Amelia's thrashing towards the beach, gasping. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t6:1 # text = Amelia's thrashing towards the beach, gasping. 1 Amelia Amelia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 thrashing thrash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 gasping gasping NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thrash** | gerund | | | | | | towards the beach and gasping | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What would happen if she kept that up? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t6:2 # text = What would happen if she kept that up? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep up** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Amelia | that | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent that=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, panic helps in cold water ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t6:o1:1 # text = Nothing, panic helps in cold water 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 panic panic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | Nothing panic | | | cold water | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She'd reach the beach faster and safer ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t6:o2:1 # text = She'd reach the beach faster and safer 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | would | She | the beach | | | | fast *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent beach=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Thrashing about warms the body up safely ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t6:o3:1 # text = Thrashing about warms the body up safely 1 Thrashing thrash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 1 obl _ _ 3 warms warm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 7 safely safely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thrash about** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **warm up** | present | Thrashing | the body | | | | safely *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She could breathe in water and tire ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:42-swimming-and-cycling:t6:o4:1 # text = She could breathe in water and tire 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tire tire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **breathe** | could | She | | | water and tire | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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