Test 4 · ★★ · Sharks

What would happen to a great white if it got stuck in a net and couldn't swim?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, not swim

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Sharks» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 white	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 white	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 white	amod
7	white	white	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 stuck	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stuck	nsubj
10	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 stuck	aux:pass
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 happen	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 net	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 net	det
14	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 swim	cc
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 swim	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 swim	advmod
18	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 stuck	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to a great white	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not swim	could							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It would rest safely on the bottom like a nurse shark does all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rest	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 rest	aux
3	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	safely	safely	ADV	_	3 rest	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 bottom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bottom	det
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rest	obl
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 does	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 shark	det
10	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shark	compound
11	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rest	advcl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	would	It			the bottom		safely property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bottom=Location
2	do	present	a nurse shark				day		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It would breathe air instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 breathe	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 breathe	aux
3	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breathe	obj
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 breathe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	would	It	air				instead property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It could not get enough water over its gills to breathe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 gills	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gills	nmod:poss
9	gills	gill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 breathe	mark
11	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	could	It	enough water		water's gills			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus
2	breathe	to-infinitive							vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It would float to the top and sunbathe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 float	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 float	aux
3	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 top	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 top	det
6	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 float	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sunbathe	cc
8	sunbathe	sunbathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 float	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	would	It			the top			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination
2	sunbathe	infinitive							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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