Test 3 · Sounds that warn
You are swimming in an outdoor pool in Florida and hear thunder. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: swim, hear, do · To what, where: outdoor pool, thunder
This is test 3 of lesson 12 «Sounds that warn» of the everyday 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
Sentence 1: You are swimming in an outdoor pool in Florida and hear thunder.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 swimming | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 swimming | aux |
| 3 | swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 pool | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pool | det |
| 6 | outdoor | outdoor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pool | amod |
| 7 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swimming | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Florida | case |
| 9 | Florida | Florida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 pool | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hear | cc |
| 11 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 swimming | conj |
| 12 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hear | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 swimming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | present · progressive | You | a outdoor pool in Florida | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | hear | infinitive | You not said here | thunder | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus |
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.
Sentence 2: What should you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Float on your back and wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Float | float | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 back | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 back | nmod:poss |
| 4 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Float | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wait | cc |
| 6 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Float | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | imperative | you not said here | your back | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Stay in the water until you see lightning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 water | det |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 see | nsubj |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 8 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | the water | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | ||||
| 2 | see | present | you | lightning | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lightning=Stimulus |
Option 3
Dive under the water to hide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dive | dive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 water | det |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dive | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hide | mark |
| 6 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Dive | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | imperative | you not said here | the water | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under water=Location | ||||
| 2 | hide | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get out and go into a building
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 go | cc |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 building | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 building | det |
| 7 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | imperative | you not said here | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | you not said here | a building | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into building=Initial_Location |
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