Test 8 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools
A boy dives down to grab a toy stuck on the pool drain. Why is that risky?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, that · What happens: dive down, grab, stick, be · To what, where: toy, pool drain
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 boy dives down to grab a toy stuck on the pool drain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dives | nsubj |
| 3 | dives | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | 3 dives | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 grab | mark |
| 6 | grab | grab | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dives | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 toy | det |
| 8 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grab | obj |
| 9 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 toy | acl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 drain | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 drain | det |
| 12 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 drain | compound |
| 13 | drain | drain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stuck | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive down | present | a boy | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | grab | to-infinitive | a boy not said here | a toy | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stick | participle | a toy not said here | the pool drain | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on drain=Destination |
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: Why is that risky?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 risky | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 risky | cop |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 risky | nsubj |
| 4 | risky | risky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 risky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | risky property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The lifeguard will make him leave the pool for the day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lifeguard | det |
| 2 | lifeguard | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pool | det |
| 8 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | future | the lifeguard | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | him = he not said here | the pool | day | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pool=Theme |
Option 2
Drains are always where the pool is at its shallowest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drains | drain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 where | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 where | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 where | advmod |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pool | det |
| 6 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shallowest | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 shallowest | cop |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 shallowest | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 shallowest | nmod:poss |
| 10 | shallowest | shallow | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 where | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Drains | always, where property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the pool | shallow property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The drain's suction can trap him under the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 drain | det |
| 2 | drain | drain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 suction | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 drain | case |
| 4 | suction | suction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trap | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 trap | aux |
| 6 | trap | trap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 trap | obj |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 water | det |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trap | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trap | can | the drain's suction | him = he | the water | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme under water=Destination | |||
| 2 | suction | the drain | nom suction «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The toy will get broken when he pulls it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 toy | det |
| 2 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | aux |
| 4 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 broken | aux:pass |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 pulls | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pulls | nsubj |
| 8 | pulls | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pulls | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | future · passive | the toy | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | pull | present | he | toy | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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