Test 1 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches
A girl in Ireland sees two beaches: one with lifeguards and red and yellow flags, one empty and quiet. Where is it safer to swim?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, it · What happens: see, be, swim · To what, where: two beaches
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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: A girl in Ireland sees two beaches: one with lifeguards and red and yellow flags, one empty and quiet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Ireland | case |
| 4 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 beaches | nummod |
| 7 | beaches | beach | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sees | obj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 beaches | appos |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 lifeguards | case |
| 11 | lifeguards | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 one | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 flags | cc |
| 13 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 flags | amod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 yellow | cc |
| 15 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 red | conj |
| 16 | flags | flag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lifeguards | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 empty | punct |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 empty | nummod |
| 19 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | parataxis |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 quiet | cc |
| 21 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 empty | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a girl in Ireland | two beaches | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beach=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: Where is it safer to swim?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 safer | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safer | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 safer | nsubj |
| 4 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 swim | mark |
| 6 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 safer | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 safer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | swim | to-infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
At the empty beach, as nobody is in the way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 beach | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 beach | det |
| 3 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 beach | amod |
| 4 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 beach | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 way | mark |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 way | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 way | cop |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 way | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 way | det |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beach | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | nobody | the way | tree rules |
Option 2
Either, as long as she swims fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Either | either | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 long | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Either | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 swims | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 swims | nsubj |
| 7 | swims | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | advcl |
| 8 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 swims | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | present | she | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
At the empty beach, near the rocks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 beach | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 beach | det |
| 3 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 beach | amod |
| 4 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 rocks | punct |
| 6 | near | near | ADP | _ | 8 rocks | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rocks | det |
| 8 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 beach | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Between the flags at the lifeguarded beach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Between | between | ADP | _ | 3 flags | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 flags | det |
| 3 | flags | flag | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 beach | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 beach | det |
| 6 | lifeguarded | lifeguard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 beach | amod |
| 7 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flags | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lifeguard | participle | tree rules |
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