Test 8 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches

Why do people on a boat trip need life jackets even if they can swim?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: people · What happens: need, swim · To what, where: life jackets

This is test 8 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 need	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 need	aux
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 need	nsubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 trip	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trip	det
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trip	compound
7	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 people	nmod
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 swim	advcl
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 jackets	compound
10	jackets	jacket	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 need	obj
11	even	even	ADV	_	15 swim	advmod
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 swim	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 swim	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 swim	aux
15	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 swim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · do-support	people on a boat trip	life jackets					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot jacket=Theme
2	swim	can	people						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Boats tip over, and a life jacket keeps you afloat when tired or hurt

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tip	nsubj
2	tip	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADV	_	2 tip	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 keeps	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 keeps	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jacket	det
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jacket	compound
8	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keeps	nsubj
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tip	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 keeps	obj
11	afloat	afloat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keeps	xcomp
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 tired	advmod
13	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 afloat	xcomp
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 hurt	cc
15	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 afloat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tip over	present	Boats		over property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	a life jacket	you	afloat property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	hurt	participle	a life jacket not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Life jackets keep you warm when you sit out in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jackets	compound
2	jackets	jacket	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keep	nsubj
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 keep	obj
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 keep	xcomp
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 sit	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 sit	nsubj
8	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 sit	compound:prt
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 sun	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sun	det
12	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Life jackets	you				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	sit out	present	you			the sun			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location

Option 3

They are just for show, so the photos look nice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 show	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 show	case
5	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 look	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 look	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 photos	det
9	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 look	nsubj
10	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	acl:relcl
11	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					for show	tree rules
2	look	present	the photos	show not said here				nice property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme show=Attribute

Option 4

Only bad swimmers ever fall into the water from boats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 swimmers	advmod
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swimmers	amod
3	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fall	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 fall	advmod
5	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fall	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 boats	case
10	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	bad swimmers			the water	ever	from boats	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into water=Initial_Location from boat=Destination

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