Test 4 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches
Children on a sandbank notice the water rising around them. What should they have done?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Children, water · What happens: notice, rise, do · To what, where: water
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Children on a sandbank notice the water rising around them.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 notice | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 sandbank | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sandbank | det |
| 4 | sandbank | sandbank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Children | nmod |
| 5 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 notice | obj |
| 8 | rising | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 water | acl |
| 9 | around | around | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 rising | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 notice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | present | Children on a sandbank | the water | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | rise | gerund | the water not said here | around Children = child | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around they=Location |
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 they have done?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 done | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 done | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 done | aux |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should · perfect | Children = child | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Dug a deeper hole to stand in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dug | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hole | det |
| 3 | deeper | deep | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 hole | amod |
| 4 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dug | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stand | mark |
| 6 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Dug | advcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 stand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | past | a deeper hole | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stand | to-infinitive | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Brought a much bigger bucket to scoop the water away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bucket | det |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 bigger | advmod |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 bucket | amod |
| 5 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Brought | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 scoop | mark |
| 7 | scoop | scoop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Brought | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scoop | obj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 scoop | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | a bigger bucket | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme | |||||
| 2 | scoop away | to-infinitive | the water | away property | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
Option 3
Gone out even further, where the sand stays drier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 further | advcl |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Gone | compound:prt |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 further | advmod |
| 4 | further | far | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 stays | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 stays | punct |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 stays | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sand | det |
| 8 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stays | nsubj |
| 9 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | drier | dry | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 stays | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | participle | the sand not said here | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | stay | present | the sand | dry, far property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Checked the tide times before going out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Checked | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 times | det |
| 3 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 times | compound |
| 4 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Checked | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 going | mark |
| 6 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Checked | advcl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 going | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | past | time | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | go out | gerund | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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