Test 17 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

my uncle says a boy dunked his mate at the pool "for like a whole minute" and "he had to be brought back to life". what's the true bit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, boy · What happens: say, dunk, have, bring back, be · To what, where: mate, pool, life, true bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dunked	nsubj
6	dunked	dunk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mate	nmod:poss
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dunked	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 pool	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pool	det
11	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dunked	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 pool	punct
13	for	for	ADP	_	17 minute	case
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 minute	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 minute	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 minute	amod
17	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dunked	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 minute	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 had	cc
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 had	punct
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 had	nsubj
22	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dunked	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	25 brought	mark
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 brought	aux:pass
25	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 had	xcomp
26	back	back	ADV	_	25 brought	advmod
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 life	case
28	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 brought	obl
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	28 life	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
31	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	35 bit	nsubj
32	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 bit	cop
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 bit	det
34	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 bit	amod
35	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my uncle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	dunk	past	a boy	boy's mate	the pool	minute	vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent mate=Theme at pool=Trajectory
3	have in a quote	past	uncle				tree rules
4	bring back in a quote	to-infinitive · passive	uncle not said here		life		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to life=Destination
5	is a	present		the true bit			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.

The options

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

Never hold anyone under water, even in fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 hold	advmod
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 hold	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fun	punct
7	even	even	ADV	_	9 fun	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 fun	case
9	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hold	imperative	you not said here	anyone		water		in fun	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme under water=Location

Option 2

Dunking is safe as long as it's quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dunking	dunk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 safe	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 quick	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 quick	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 quick	cop
9	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	dunk	gerund			vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		long, safe property	tree rules
3	is	present	it	quick property	tree rules

Option 3

Strong swimmers can't drown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 swimmers	amod
2	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drown	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 drown	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 drown	advmod
5	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drown	can	Strong swimmers						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only deep pools are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 pools	advmod
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pools	amod
3	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	deep pools					dangerous property	tree rules

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