Test 15 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

sea went way out after the shake, can we look for shells

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea, we · What happens: go out, look · To what, where: way

This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obj
4	out	out	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 shake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shake	det
7	shake	shake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 look	aux
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 look	nsubj
11	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 shells	case
13	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	past	sea	way			after the shake	out property	tree rules
2	look	can	we					for shells	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shell=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, but stay near the edge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stay	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 stay	cc
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	near	near	ADP	_	7 edge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			the edge			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near edge=Location

Option 2

Yes, the shells are best when the sea is out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 best	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shells	det
4	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 best	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 best	cop
6	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	11 out	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 out	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 out	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 out	cop
11	out	out	ADV	_	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the shells					well property	tree rules
2	is	present	the sea					out property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, go to high ground now, a tsunami may come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ground	amod
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 go	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tsunami	det
10	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 go	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			high ground	now		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ground=Initial_Location
2	come	may	a tsunami						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Wait and watch the water first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 watch	cc
3	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watch	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 watch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch	infinitive	you not said here	the water				first property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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