Test 12 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

sea just went way out after that shaking, can we look for shells

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea, we · What happens: go out, look · To what, where: way

This is test 12 · ★★ 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	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obj
5	out	out	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 shaking	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 shaking	det
8	shaking	shaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 look	punct
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 look	aux
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 look	nsubj
12	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 went	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 shells	case
14	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	past	sea	way			after that shaking	out property	tree rules
2	look	can	we					for shells	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shell=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

No, run to high ground now, a tsunami is coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ground	amod
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 run	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 coming	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tsunami	det
10	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 coming	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 coming	aux
12	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 run	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here				now	to high ground result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ground=Result
2	come	present · progressive	a tsunami						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, but stay near the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stay	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 stay	cc
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	near	near	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			the water			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near water=Location

Option 3

Wait n watch for the water to come back in first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	n	n	PART	_	3 watch	mark
3	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watch	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 come	mark
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 watch	advcl
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 come	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 first	case
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch	infinitive	you not said here	for the water	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for water=Theme
3	come back	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in first=Location

Option 4

Yes, it's a great time for shells n stranded fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 time	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 time	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 time	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 shells	case
9	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 time	nmod
10	n	n	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 shells	acl
11	stranded	strand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 fish	amod
12	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 n	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a great time	for shells	tree rules
2	n	participle	shells not said here	stranded fish		tree rules
3	strand	participle				tree rules

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