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title: «them flags are for babies, the good waves are over here». What woul… — Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lak… · tree and pragmatics
description: «them flags are for babies, the good waves are over here». What would happen to Kai outside the flags? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries

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«them flags are for babies, the good waves are over here». What would happen to Kai outside the flags?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** them flags, babies · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** Kai, flags

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries» 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «them flags are for babies, the good waves are over here».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t1:1
# text = «them flags are for babies, the good waves are over here».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	compound	_	_
3	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	over	over	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | them flags |  |  |  |  | for babies and the good waves | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | babies and the good waves |  |  |  |  | here, over *property* | tree rules |

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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 would happen to Kai outside the flags?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t1:2
# text = What would happen to Kai outside the flags?
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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  | Kai | the flags |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme outside flag=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, flags are just for decoration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t1:o1:1
# text = Nothing, flags are just for decoration
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing flags |  |  |  |  | for decoration | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Lifeguards watch every part of the beach equally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t1:o2:1
# text = Lifeguards watch every part of the beach equally
1	Lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	watch	watch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | present | Lifeguards | every part of the beach |  |  |  | equally *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |

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

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He could be in a rip with no lifeguard watching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t1:o3:1
# text = He could be in a rip with no lifeguard watching
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | could | He |  |  | a rip |  | with no lifeguard | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | a rip *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The waves would be safer there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t1:o4:1
# text = The waves would be safer there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | the waves |  |  | there |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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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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