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title: "bro my nan made me wait a whole hour after chips before going in th… — Moving, swimming and sport · tree and pragmatics
description: "bro my nan made me wait a whole hour after chips before going in the pool, is that legit?" Test 1 · ★ of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» 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 was wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Moving, swimming and sport

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"bro my nan made me wait a whole hour after chips before going in the pool, is that legit?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nan, me, bro · **What happens:** make, wait, go, be · **To what, where:** me, pool, legit

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» 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/5-moving-swimming-and-sport/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t1:1
# text = "bro my nan made me wait a whole hour after chips before going in the pool, is that legit?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	legit	legit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past | my nan | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  | after chips; hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | me *not said here* |  |  | the pool |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pool=Location |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bro | that legit |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, swimming after chips is deadly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, swimming after chips is deadly
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after chips |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | swimming |  |  |  |  | deadly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, you can swim straight after anything, even alone in deep water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t1:o2:1
# text = No, you can swim straight after anything, even alone in deep water
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | can | you |  |  |  | after anything | straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only half an hour for chips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only half an hour for chips
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	7	det:predet	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, there's no evidence for the hour rule, but a lifeguard and shallow water matter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:5-moving-swimming-and-sport:t1:o4:1
# text = No, there's no evidence for the hour rule, but a lifeguard and shallow water matter
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no evidence for the hour rule | lifeguard matter |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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