Test 18 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools
my mate says the sea went way out at his holiday beach and everyone ran down to look at the fish. right move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, sea, everyone · What happens: say, go out, run down, look · To what, where: way, holiday beach · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★★ 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 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | nsubj |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 went | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 beach | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 beach | nmod:poss |
| 11 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 beach | compound |
| 12 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 ran | cc |
| 14 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 15 ran | nsubj |
| 15 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 went | conj |
| 16 | down | down | ADV | _ | 15 ran | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 look | mark |
| 18 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 ran | advcl |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 fish | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 fish | det |
| 21 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 look | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 23 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 move | amod |
| 24 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | parataxis |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go out | past | the sea | way | sea's holiday beach | out property | tree rules | ||
| 3 | run down | past | everyone | down property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | look | to-infinitive | everyone not said here | at the fish | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at fish=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
Yes, the sea won't come back for hours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 come | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sea | det |
| 4 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 come | nsubj |
| 5 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 come | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 come | advmod |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 come | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 hours | case |
| 10 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come back | future | the sea | hour | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, if a grown-up is with you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 with | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 with | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 up | det |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 up | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 up | punct |
| 7 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 with | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 with | cop |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it can mean a tsunami; run to high ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 mean | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tsunami | det |
| 7 | tsunami | tsunami | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mean | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 run | punct |
| 9 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 mean | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 ground | case |
| 11 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 ground | amod |
| 12 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | it | a tsunami | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsunami=Topic | ||||
| 2 | run | infinitive | to high ground result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ground=Result |
Option 4
Yes, it's a chance to collect shells
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 chance | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chance | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 chance | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 chance | det |
| 6 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 collect | mark |
| 8 | collect | collect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 chance | acl |
| 9 | shells | shell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 collect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a chance | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | collect | to-infinitive | shells | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Theme |
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