Test 6 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

A girl in Cornwall wants to stand at the end of the harbour wall in a gale (a very strong wind) to watch the waves. What do you say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, you · What happens: want, stand, watch, say · To what, where: end, waves · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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 wants to stand at the end of the harbour wall in a gale (a very strong wind) to watch 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 wants	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Cornwall	case
4	Cornwall	Cornwall	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stand	mark
7	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stand	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 wall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wall	det
13	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wall	compound
14	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 gale	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 gale	det
17	gale	gale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stand	obl
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 wind	punct
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 wind	det
20	very	very	ADV	_	21 strong	advmod
21	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 wind	amod
22	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gale	appos
23	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 wind	punct
24	to	to	PART	_	25 watch	mark
25	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stand	advcl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 waves	det
27	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 watch	obj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a girl in Cornwall				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stand not said to happen	to-infinitive	a girl in Cornwall not said here		at the end of the harbour wall	in a gale	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location
3	watch	to-infinitive	a girl in Cornwall not said here	the waves			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=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.

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, a big wave or gust could knock her into the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 knock	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wave	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wave	amod
5	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knock	nsubj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 gust	cc
7	gust	gust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wave	conj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 knock	aux
9	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knock	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knock	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	could	a big wave or gust	her = she		the sea			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent she=Theme into sea=Destination

Option 2

Yes, the end of the wall is the safest place in a gale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 place	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 end	det
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 place	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 place	det
10	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 place	amod
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 gale	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 gale	det
14	gale	gale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the end of the wall	the safest place		a gale			tree rules

Option 3

Yes, if she holds her coat tightly closed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 holds	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 holds	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 holds	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 holds	nsubj
5	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coat	nmod:poss
7	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holds	obj
8	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	9 closed	advmod
9	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 holds	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	she	her coat					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme
2	close	participle	she not said here					tightly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yes, because waves never reach the top of harbour walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 reach	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reach	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 reach	mark
4	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reach	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 reach	advmod
6	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 top	det
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reach	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 walls	case
10	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walls	compound
11	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reach	present	waves	the top of harbour walls					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme

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