Test 16 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

did u hear?? a kid at the caravan park tried to walk through the floodwater on the road and "got swept right down the drain". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid · What happens: hear, try, walk, sweep · To what, where: lesson, floodwater, drain

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	??	??	PUNCT	_	11 tried	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kid	det
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tried	nsubj
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 park	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 park	det
9	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 park	compound
10	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kid	nmod
11	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 walk	mark
13	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 tried	xcomp
14	through	through	ADP	_	16 floodwater	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 floodwater	det
16	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walk	obl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 road	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 road	det
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walk	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 swept	cc
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 swept	punct
22	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 swept	aux:pass
23	swept	sweep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 tried	conj
24	right	right	ADV	_	27 drain	advmod
25	down	down	ADP	_	27 drain	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 drain	det
27	drain	drain	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 swept	obl
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 drain	punct
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
30	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	try	past	a kid at the caravan park				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive	a kid at the caravan park not said here		the floodwater	on the road	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through floodwater=Trajectory
4	sweep in a quote	past · passive	a kid at the caravan park not said here		the drain		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: down drain=Trajectory

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

Shallow-looking floodwater is always fine to walk through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looking	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Shallow	punct
3	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 floodwater	amod
4	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 fine	advmod
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 walk	mark
9	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fine	csubj
10	through	through	ADV	_	9 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	look	gerund			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	looking floodwater	always, fine property	tree rules
3	walk through	to-infinitive		through property	vn rehearse-26.8 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never walk, ride or drive through floodwater; turn around

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 walk	advmod
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ride	punct
4	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 walk	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 drive	cc
6	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 walk	conj
7	through	through	ADP	_	8 floodwater	case
8	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drive	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 turn	punct
10	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 walk	conj
11	around	around	ADV	_	10 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not walk	imperative	you not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ride	infinitive	you not said here			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	drive	infinitive	you not said here	floodwater		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through floodwater=Trajectory
4	turn around	infinitive	you not said here		around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Hold your breath and run across

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 breath	nmod:poss
3	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 run	cc
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
6	across	across	ADV	_	5 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	your breath					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme
2	run	present	you not said here					across property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Only cars get swept away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 cars	advmod
2	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swept	nsubj:pass
3	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swept	aux:pass
4	swept	sweep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 swept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep away	present · passive		cars				away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

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