Test 5 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms

A friend says, «Let's float our boats down the ditch, the water is really fast today!» What do you say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, 's, water, you · What happens: say, let, float, be · To what, where: 's, boats, ditch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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 friend says, «Let's float our boats down the ditch, the water is really fast today!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct
6	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 Let	obj
8	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 Let	xcomp
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 boats	nmod:poss
10	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 float	obj
11	down	down	ADP	_	13 ditch	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ditch	det
13	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 float	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 fast	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fast	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 fast	cop
18	really	really	ADV	_	19 fast	advmod
19	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ditch	acl:relcl
20	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fast	obl:unmarked
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	a friend					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let in a quote	infinitive		's				tree rules
3	float in a quote	infinitive	's not said here	our boats	the ditch			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent boat=Theme down ditch=Trajectory
4	is in a quote	present	the water	the ditch not said here		today	fast property	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.

Sentence 2: What do you say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, fast water in a ditch can sweep us into a pipe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 sweep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 water	punct
3	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sweep	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 ditch	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ditch	det
7	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	nmod
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sweep	aux
9	sweep	sweep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 sweep	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 pipe	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pipe	det
13	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sweep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	can	fast water in a ditch	us		a pipe			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme into pipe=Destination

Option 2

Yes, as long as we hold hands tightly when we are in the water

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 long	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 hold	mark
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 hold	nsubj
7	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 long	advcl
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hold	obj
9	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	7 hold	advmod
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 water	advmod
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 water	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 water	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 water	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 water	det
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	we	hands				tightly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	is	present	we			the water			tree rules

Option 3

Yes, fast water is safer than slow water because it is clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 safer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 safer	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safer	cop
6	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 safer	obl
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 clean	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 clean	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 clean	cop
13	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 safer	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	fast water					than slow water; safe property	tree rules
2	is	present	water					clean property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, but only if we all stand right at the very edge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 stand	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 stand	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 stand	mark
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 stand	nsubj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 stand	advmod
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	right	right	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 edge	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 edge	det
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 edge	advmod
13	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	we			the edge		right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location

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