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Test 8 · ★ · Campfires, cold nights and rivers

After days of rain, some boys want to watch the floodwater from the river bank. Why is that unsafe?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boys · What happens: want, watch, be · To what, where: floodwater, river bank

This is test 8 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: After days of rain, some boys want to watch the floodwater from the river bank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	2 days	case
2	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 want	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 rain	case
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 days	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 days	punct
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 boys	det
7	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 want	nsubj
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 watch	mark
10	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 want	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 floodwater	det
12	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 watch	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 bank	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bank	det
15	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bank	compound
16	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 watch	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	some boys				day		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	some boys not said here	the floodwater		the river bank			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floodwater=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.

Sentence 2: Why is that unsafe?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 unsafe	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unsafe	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 unsafe	mark
4	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 unsafe	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Floodwater is far too cold to stand and look at

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 cold	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 cold	advmod
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stand	mark
7	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cold	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 look	cc
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stand	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	9 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Floodwater					cold, far property	tree rules
2	stand	to-infinitive	Floodwater not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	look	infinitive	Floodwater not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

The noise will frighten the fish away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 noise	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frighten	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 frighten	aux
4	frighten	frighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fish	det
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frighten	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 frighten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten away	future	the noise	the fish				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fish=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is only unsafe at night, when it is too dark to see the water

The tree, 15 words

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 unsafe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unsafe	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 unsafe	advmod
4	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unsafe	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dark	punct
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 dark	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dark	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 dark	cop
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 dark	advmod
12	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 unsafe	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 see	mark
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 dark	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				night	unsafe property	tree rules
2	is	present	it					dark property	tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive		the water					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The bank can crumble and floodwater is very fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crumble	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 crumble	aux
4	crumble	crumble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fast	cc
6	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fast	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fast	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 fast	advmod
9	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 crumble	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crumble	can	the bank						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	floodwater					fast property	tree rules

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