--- title: Mia: «if Ollie was drowning he'd be screaming, wouldn't he?» What sh… — Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lak… · tree and pragmatics description: Mia: «if Ollie was drowning he'd be screaming, wouldn't he?» What should she do? Test 4 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t4/) [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 out too far: sea, rivers, lak…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries Mia: «if Ollie was drowning he'd be screaming, wouldn't he?» What should she do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ollie, Mia · **What happens:** drown, scream, do · **To what, where:** Mia This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia: «if Ollie was drowning he'd be screaming, wouldn't he?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t4:1 # text = Mia: «if Ollie was drowning he'd be screaming, wouldn't he?» 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 drowning drown VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 acl:relcl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 screaming scream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Ollie | Mia *not said here* | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mia=Patient | | 2 | **scream** *speech: express* *in a quote* | would · progressive | Ollie | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 should she do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t4:2 # text = What should she do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | Mia | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Swim out and check on him ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t4:o1:1 # text = Swim out and check on him 1 Swim swim VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **check** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | on him *= he* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on he=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Shout for an adult now; drowning is often silent ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t4:o2:1 # text = Shout for an adult now; drowning is often silent 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 drowning drowning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 often often ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | for a adult | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for adult=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | drowning | | | | | often, silent *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wait until he starts screaming ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t4:o3:1 # text = Wait until he starts screaming 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 until until SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 screaming scream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **start** | present | he | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Film it in case he's messing ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t4:o4:1 # text = Film it in case he's messing 1 Film film VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 7 mark _ _ 4 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 fixed _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 messing mess VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **film** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **mess** | present · progressive | he | | | | | | tree rules | **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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