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title: Isla's mum: «Too much chlorine, I'll complain to the pool». What els… — Posture and eyes for sporty kids · tree and pragmatics
description: Isla's mum: «Too much chlorine, I'll complain to the pool». What else could be going on? Test 4 of lesson 58 «Posture and eyes for sporty kids» 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 · Posture and eyes for sporty kids

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Isla's mum: «Too much chlorine, I'll complain to the pool». What else could be going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** complain, go on · **To what, where:** pool

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This is test 4 of lesson 58 «Posture and eyes for sporty kids» 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/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Isla's mum: «Too much chlorine, I'll complain to the pool».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t4:1
# text = Isla's mum: «Too much chlorine, I'll complain to the pool».
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chlorine	chlorine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	complain	complain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complain** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | I |  | the pool |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to pool=Recipient |

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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 else could be going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t4:2
# text = What else could be going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	else	else	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | could · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The water being too deep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t4:o1:1
# text = The water being too deep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the water |  |  |  |  | deep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The tiles being too blue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t4:o2:1
# text = The tiles being too blue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tiles	tile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the tiles |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The lifeguard's whistle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t4:o3:1
# text = The lifeguard's whistle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whistle** |  | the lifeguard |  |  |  |  |  | nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Swimmers not showering before getting in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t4:o4:1
# text = Swimmers not showering before getting in
1	Swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	showering	shower	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **shower** | gerund | Swimmers |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get in** | gerund | Swimmers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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