Test 1 · ★ · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179…

yo, did jurgen really grab clara and swim for it, or nah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jurgen · What happens: do, grab, swim · To what, where: clara

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» of the books 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	jurgen	jurgen	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grab	nsubj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 grab	advmod
6	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	clara	clara	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grab	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 swim	cc
9	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grab	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 swim	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 nah	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 nah	cc
14	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 swim	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grab	present	jurgen	clara		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clara=Theme
3	swim	present	jurgen not said here		for clara	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

nah, he left her floating and swam off alone toward the distant lights of the harbor

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	obj
6	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 left	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swam	cc
8	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 swam	compound:prt
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 swam	advmod
11	toward	toward	ADP	_	14 lights	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lights	det
13	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lights	amod
14	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 swam	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 harbor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 harbor	det
17	harbor	harbor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lights	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	past	he	her = she			tree rules
2	float	gerund	her = she not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	swim off	past	he not said here		the distant lights of the harbor	alone property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward light=Trajectory
4	light			the harbor			nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he held her tight and kept swimming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 held	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 held	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 held	nsubj
4	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 swimming	nmod:poss
6	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 swimming	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tight	conj
9	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hold	past	he	her tight swimming	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimming=Theme
2	keep	participle	he not said here		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	swim		her = she		nom swimming «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

yeah, he clutched her close and swam for the shore until exhausted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 clutched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 clutched	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 clutched	nsubj
4	clutched	clutch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 close	nmod:poss
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clutched	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swam	cc
8	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 clutched	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 shore	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shore	det
11	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swam	obl
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 exhausted	mark
13	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 swam	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	clutch	past	he	her close		vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent close=Theme
2	swim	past	he not said here		for the shore	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	exhaust	participle	he not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

nah, he dropped her in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	her = she		the water			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in water=Destination

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