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title: What would happen if Ella never learned to swim because she was scar… — Scary films, games, hospitals and what… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Ella never learned to swim because she was scared? Test 5 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps

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What would happen if Ella never learned to swim because she was scared?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ella · **What happens:** happen, not learn, swim, be

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This is test 5 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t5:1
# text = What would happen if Ella never learned to swim because she was scared?
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 | **not** **learn** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Ella |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **swim** | to-infinitive | Ella *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | Ella |  |  |  |  | scared *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She would become a better swimmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t5:o1:1
# text = She would become a better swimmer
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | She | a better swimmer |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing; swimming skills don't matter, because you can always just stay on the beach

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing; swimming skills don't matter, because you can always just stay on the beach
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | swimming skills |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **stay** | can | you |  |  | the beach |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She'd stay less safe near water; lessons make her safer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t5:o3:1
# text = She'd stay less safe near water; lessons make her safer
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would | She |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | lessons | her *= she* |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She would be completely safe from all danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t5:o4:1
# text = She would be completely safe from all danger
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | She |  |  | all danger |  | completely, 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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