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title: At camp, a leader tells kids a monster lives in the lake. What would… — Sleepovers and spooky stories · tree and pragmatics
description: At camp, a leader tells kids a monster lives in the lake. What would happen if kids swam there alone at night? Test 5 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 5 · Sleepovers and spooky stories

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At camp, a leader tells kids a monster lives in the lake. What would happen if kids swam there alone at night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** leader, monster, kids · **What happens:** tell, live, happen, swim · **To what, where:** kids, camp, lake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» 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/26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At camp, a leader tells kids a monster lives in the lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t5:1
# text = At camp, a leader tells kids a monster lives in the lake.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a leader |  | kids | camp |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **live** | present | a monster |  |  | the lake |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lake=Location |

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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 if kids swam there alone at night?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t5:2
# text = What would happen if kids swam there alone at night?
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	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **swim** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | kids |  |  | there | night | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They would be pulled under the water by the lake monster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t5:o1:1
# text = They would be pulled under the water by the lake monster
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | would · passive | the lake monster | They |  | the water |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They could be in real danger from cold, deep water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t5:o2:1
# text = They could be in real danger from cold, deep water
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|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	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | could | They |  |  | real danger |  | from cold deep water | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, lakes are always safe at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t5:o3:1
# text = Nothing, lakes are always safe at night
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing lakes |  |  |  | night | always, safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The monster would chase them out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t5:o4:1
# text = The monster would chase them out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase out** | would | the monster | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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