Test 9 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches
A dog runs up to a sea lion resting on the beach. What could happen?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, sea lion · What happens: run up, rest, happen · To what, where: beach
This is test 9 · ★★ 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 dog runs up to a sea lion resting on the beach.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 runs | nsubj |
| 3 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 runs | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 lion | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lion | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lion | compound |
| 8 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 runs | obl |
| 9 | resting | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 lion | acl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 beach | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 beach | det |
| 12 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 resting | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run up | present | a dog | to a sea lion result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to lion=Result | ||||
| 2 | rest | gerund | a sea lion not said here | the beach | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=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 could happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The sea lion will go back to sea happily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lion | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lion | compound |
| 3 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 9 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | future | the sea lion | to sea result; happily property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sea=Result |
Option 2
The sea lion will want to play chase with the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lion | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lion | compound |
| 3 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 want | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 want | aux |
| 5 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 play | mark |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 want | xcomp |
| 8 | chase | chase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 play | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 dog | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dog | det |
| 11 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | future | the sea lion | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | play not said to happen | to-infinitive | the sea lion not said here | chase | with the dog | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent chase=Theme with dog=Co-Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The sea lion could bite, as it is resting and wild
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lion | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lion | compound |
| 3 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bite | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 bite | aux |
| 5 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 resting | punct |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 resting | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 resting | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 resting | aux |
| 10 | resting | rest | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 bite | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wild | cc |
| 12 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bite | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | could | the sea lion | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | rest | present · progressive | lion | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nothing, because sea lions are always gentle with animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 gentle | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 gentle | mark |
| 4 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lions | compound |
| 5 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 gentle | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 gentle | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 gentle | advmod |
| 8 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | amod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 animals | case |
| 10 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 gentle | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sea lions | with animals; always, gentle property | tree rules |
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