Test 16 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools
did u hear a kid dived into the shallow end and broke his neck and now he's in a wheelchair? real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid · What happens: hear, dive, break, be · To what, where: kid, shallow end, neck, wheelchair
This is test 16 · ★★ 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | aux |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obj |
| 6 | dived | dive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 kid | acl |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 9 | shallow | shallow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 end | amod |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dived | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 broke | cc |
| 12 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | conj |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 neck | nmod:poss |
| 14 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 broke | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 wheelchair | cc |
| 16 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 wheelchair | advmod |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 wheelchair | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 wheelchair | cop |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 wheelchair | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 wheelchair | det |
| 21 | wheelchair | wheelchair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 neck | conj |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 24 lesson | punct |
| 23 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 lesson | amod |
| 24 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 broke | obl |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | a kid | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | dive | participle | a kid not said here | into the shallow end | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into end=Location | ||||
| 3 | break | past | u not said here | kid's neck and a wheelchair | real lesson obl | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient | |||
| 4 | is | present | kid | a wheelchair | now | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never dive into shallow water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 dive | advmod |
| 2 | dive | dive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 4 | shallow | shallow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 water | amod |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not dive | imperative | you not said here | shallow water | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Location |
Option 2
Shallow water is softer to land in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shallow | shallow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 softer | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 softer | cop |
| 4 | softer | soft | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 land | mark |
| 6 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 softer | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 land | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Shallow water | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | land | to-infinitive | Shallow water not said here | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Dive if you're a good swimmer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dive | dive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 swimmer | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 swimmer | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 swimmer | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 swimmer | det |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 swimmer | amod |
| 7 | swimmer | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dive | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | imperative | you not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen | present | you | a good swimmer | tree rules |
Option 4
Dive only with your eyes shut
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dive | dive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Dive | advmod |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 eyes | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Dive | obl |
| 6 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Dive | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | imperative | you not said here | with your eyes | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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