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title: Ella swears a shark came into the hotel pool through the pipes. Whic… — Petrol stations, pools and things that… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella swears a shark came into the hotel pool through the pipes. Which question shows the story can't work? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 23 «Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 3 · ★ · Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang

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Ella swears a shark came into the hotel pool through the pipes. Which question shows the story can't work?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ella, shark, question, story · **What happens:** swear, come, show, not work · **To what, where:** hotel pool · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 23 «Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang» of the myths 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/myths/23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella swears a shark came into the hotel pool through the pipes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t3:1
# text = Ella swears a shark came into the hotel pool through the pipes.
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swears	swear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | present | Ella |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | a shark |  |  | the hotel pool |  | through the pipes | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into pool=Initial\_Location through pipe=Destination |

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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:* Which question shows the story can't work?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t3:2
# text = Which question shows the story can't work?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	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	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | which question |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **work** | can | the story |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Was it the deep end or the shallow end?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t3:o1:1
# text = Was it the deep end or the shallow end?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the deep end or the shallow end |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Did the hotel give the shark a room?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t3:o2:1
# text = Did the hotel give the shark a room?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present |  | the hotel |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent shark=Recipient room=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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What colour was the shark when it arrived in the pool?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t3:o3:1
# text = What colour was the shark when it arrived in the pool?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | what colour | the shark |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | colour |  |  | the pool |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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How would a shark fit through narrow, filtered pipes?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t3:o4:1
# text = How would a shark fit through narrow, filtered pipes?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	filtered	filter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | would | a shark |  |  | narrow filtered pipes |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through pipe=Trajectory |
| 2 | **filter** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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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