Test 17 · ★ · Campfires, cold nights and rivers

apparently the river looked totally calm but a kid swimming got pulled away round the bend, they found him miles down. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: river, they · What happens: look, pull away, find, be · To what, where: kid swimming, river, true lesson

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 231 «Campfires, cold nights and rivers» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 looked	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 river	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 lesson	advcl
5	totally	totally	ADV	_	6 calm	advmod
6	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 looked	xcomp
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 pulled	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 swimming	det
9	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 swimming	compound
10	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pulled	nsubj:pass
11	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 pulled	aux:pass
12	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 looked	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 pulled	advmod
14	round	round	ADP	_	16 bend	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bend	det
16	bend	bend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pulled	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 found	punct
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 found	nsubj
19	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 found	obj
21	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 down	obl:unmarked
22	down	down	ADV	_	19 found	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 lesson	nsubj
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 lesson	cop
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 lesson	det
27	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 lesson	amod
28	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	28 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	past	the river		apparently, calm property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	pull away	past · passive		a kid swimming	round the bend; away property	tree rules
3	find	past	they	river	down property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
4	is a	present		the true lesson		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

Only rough water is dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 rough	advmod
2	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dangerous	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	rough water					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 2

Swimming against it always works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 works	nsubj
2	against	against	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Swimming	nmod
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 works	advmod
5	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Swimming against it					always property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Calm rivers are always safe to swim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rivers	amod
2	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 safe	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 safe	advmod
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 swim	mark
7	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 safe	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Calm rivers					always, safe property	tree rules
2	swim	to-infinitive	Calm rivers not said here						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Calm-looking water can still move fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looking	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Calm	punct
3	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 move	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 move	aux
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 move	advmod
7	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	move	can	looking water				still	fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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