Test 3 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

A family in Wales wants to cross a fast stream on stepping stones. Why is this risky?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, this · What happens: want, cross, step, be · To what, where: fast stream, stepping stones

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A family in Wales wants to cross a fast stream on stepping stones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Wales	case
4	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 family	nmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cross	mark
7	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stream	det
9	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stream	amod
10	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cross	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 stones	case
12	stepping	step	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 stones	amod
13	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cross	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	want	present	a family in Wales			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	cross not said to happen	to-infinitive	a family in Wales not said here	a fast stream	stepping stones	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Patient
3	step	gerund				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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: Why is this 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	this	this	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	this					risky property	tree rules

The options

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

Wet stones are slippery and a fall into a river is dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stones	amod
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slippery	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slippery	cop
4	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dangerous	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fall	det
7	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dangerous	nsubj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fall	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 dangerous	cop
12	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 slippery	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wet stones					slippery property	tree rules
2	is	present	a fall into a river					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 2

The stones get too hot in the sun and burn your feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stones	det
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 hot	advmod
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sun	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sun	det
8	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 burn	cc
10	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 get	conj
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 feet	nmod:poss
12	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 burn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the stones			the sun		hot property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	burn	infinitive	the stones not said here	your feet					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent foot=Theme

Option 3

Stepping stones always sink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stepping	step	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stones	amod
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sink	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 sink	advmod
4	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	gerund							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sink	present	Stepping stones					always property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Fish nest under the stones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nest	nsubj
2	nest	nest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 stones	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stones	det
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nest	present	Fish			the stones			vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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