Test 19 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches

my mate says when someone's drowning they scream and splash like in the films so u'd definitely notice. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, drowning, u · What happens: say, scream, splash, notice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 scream	mark
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 drowning	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 someone	case
7	drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scream	nsubj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 scream	nsubj
9	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 splash	cc
11	splash	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 scream	conj
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 films	case
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 films	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 films	det
15	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 splash	obl
16	so	so	ADV	_	20 notice	advmod
17	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 notice	nsubj
18	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 notice	aux
19	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	20 notice	advmod
20	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 splash	advcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
22	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	scream speech: express	present	someone's drowning		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	splash	present	someone's drowning not said here	like the films	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	notice	would	u	definitely property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, drowning is often quick and silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quick	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quick	cop
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 quick	advmod
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 silent	cc
8	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quick	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	drowning					often, quick property	tree rules
2	be		drowning not said here						tree rules

Option 2

Yes, and they wave both arms above their heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 wave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wave	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wave	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wave	nsubj
5	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 arms	det
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wave	obj
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 heads	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 heads	nmod:poss
10	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	present	they	both arms		arms's heads			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 3

Yes, they always shout for help really loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 shout	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shout	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 shout	advmod
5	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 help	case
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shout	obl
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 loudly	advmod
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 shout	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	they					for help; always, loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, so you don't really need to watch them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 need	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 need	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 need	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 need	advmod
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 need	advmod
8	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 watch	mark
10	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 need	xcomp
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	you						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	them = they					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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