Test 10 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

just dunking my brother under for fun, he's fine

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: dunk, be · To what, where: brother, fun

This is test 10 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	just	just	ADV	_	2 dunking	advmod
2	dunking	dunk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 fine	advcl
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brother	nmod:poss
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dunking	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 fun	case
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 fun	case
7	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dunking	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 dunking	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fine	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fine	cop
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dunk	gerund	he not said here	my brother		fun			vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent brother=Theme under fun=Trajectory
2	is	present	he					fine property	tree rules

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

Only in the shallow end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 end	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 end	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 end	det
4	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 end	amod
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Yes, for a few seconds only, then let go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 seconds	punct
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 seconds	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 seconds	det
5	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 seconds	amod
6	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Yes	conj
7	only	only	ADV	_	6 seconds	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 let	advmod
10	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here				then		tree rules
2	go	infinitive	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, if he's laughing he's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 laughing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 laughing	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 laughing	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 laughing	aux
6	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 laughing	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present · progressive	he						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he					fine property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, never hold anyone under water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 hold	advmod
4	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 hold	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hold	imperative	you not said here	anyone		water			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme under water=Location

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