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Test 1 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

A boy in Hawaii feels a strong earthquake at the beach. A few minutes later the water rushes out, leaving fish flapping on the sand. What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, water, fish · What happens: feel, rush out, leave, flap, do · To what, where: strong earthquake, beach, fish, sand

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 233 «The sea, waves and swimming pools» 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 boy in Hawaii feels a strong earthquake at the beach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feels	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Hawaii	case
4	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 earthquake	det
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 earthquake	amod
8	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feels	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 beach	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 beach	det
11	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 earthquake	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	a boy in Hawaii	a strong earthquake		the beach			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent earthquake=Theme at 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: A few minutes later the water rushes out, leaving fish flapping on the sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 minutes	det
2	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 minutes	amod
3	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 later	obl:unmarked
4	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 rushes	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rushes	nsubj
7	rushes	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 rushes	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 leaving	punct
10	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 rushes	advcl
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 leaving	obj
12	flapping	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 fish	acl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 sand	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sand	det
15	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flapping	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 rushes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush out	present	the water					late property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	gerund	the water not said here	fish					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme
3	flap	gerund	fish not said here			the sand			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Location

Sentence 3: What should he do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	water						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Pick up the fish to help them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 help	mark
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pick	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	the fish					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Topic
2	help	to-infinitive	you not said here	them = they					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary

Option 2

Stay on the beach to see what happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 beach	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beach	det
4	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stay	advcl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 happens	nsubj
8	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			the beach			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	happen	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Wait for a siren before moving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 siren	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 siren	det
4	siren	siren	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 moving	mark
6	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					for a siren	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move	gerund	you not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Run to high ground straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 ground	case
3	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ground	amod
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					to high ground result; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ground=Result

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