Test 6 · Crocodiles and alligators

oi mate fancy a swim in that river? sign says crocs

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sign · What happens: fancy, say · To what, where: swim, river, crocs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 29 «Crocodiles and alligators» 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	oi	oi	X	_	2 mate	compound
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fancy	compound
3	fancy	fancy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 says	ccomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 swim	det
5	swim	swim	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fancy	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swim	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fancy	punct
10	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	crocs	croc	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	infinitive		a swim		that river			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swim=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	sign	crocs					tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, never swim where the signs warn about crocodiles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swim	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 swim	advmod
4	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 warn	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 signs	det
7	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 warn	nsubj
8	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swim	advcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 crocodiles	case
10	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 warn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not swim	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	warn speech: warn	present	the signs					about crocodiles	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about crocodile=Topic

Option 2

Yes, crocodiles only live in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 crocodiles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 live	advmod
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	crocodiles			the sea			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location

Option 3

Yes, if you splash they leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 splash	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 splash	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 splash	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 splash	nsubj
5	splash	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 leave	nsubj
7	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 splash	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	splash	present	you						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	leave	present	they						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

No, but you can paddle in the shallow water right near the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 paddle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 paddle	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 paddle	cc
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 paddle	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 paddle	aux
6	paddle	paddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
9	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paddle	obl
11	right	right	ADV	_	14 bank	advmod
12	near	near	ADP	_	14 bank	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bank	det
14	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paddle	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paddle	can	you			the shallow water		near the bank	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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