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Test 2 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

A girl in Cornwall turns round to wave at her mum while standing in the waves. A big wave knocks her down. What rule did she forget?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, big wave, rule · What happens: turn round, wave, stand, knock down, forget · To what, where: waves, girl

This is test 2 · ★★ 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 girl in Cornwall turns round to wave at her mum while standing in the waves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turns	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Cornwall	case
4	Cornwall	Cornwall	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	round	round	ADV	_	5 turns	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 wave	mark
8	wave	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 turns	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 mum	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wave	obl
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 standing	mark
13	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 wave	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 waves	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 waves	det
16	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 standing	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 turns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn round	present	a girl in Cornwall					round property	tree rules
2	wave	to-infinitive	a girl in Cornwall not said here					at girl's mum	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at mum=Location
3	stand	gerund	a girl in Cornwall not said here			the waves			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wave=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 big wave knocks her down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wave	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wave	amod
3	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knocks	nsubj
4	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knocks	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	4 knocks	compound:prt
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 knocks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock down	present	a big wave	girl					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Sentence 3: What rule did she forget?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 forget	obj
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forget	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 forget	aux
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 forget	nsubj
5	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 forget	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past · do-support	rule						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Never turn your back on the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 turn	advmod
2	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 back	nmod:poss
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not turn	imperative	you not said here	your back		the sea			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Big waves only come in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 waves	amod
2	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Big waves				winter		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Good swimmers never fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 swimmers	amod
2	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fall	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 fall	advmod
4	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fall	present	Good swimmers						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Always swim far from the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	alway	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swim	nsubj
2	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 swim	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 shore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	Always			the shore		far property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from shore=Trajectory

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