Test 1 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

A boy in Wales catches a trout with dry hands and squeezes it hard before letting it go. Why might the fish get ill later?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, trout, fish · What happens: catch, squeeze, let, go, get · To what, where: trout

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» 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 boy in Wales catches a trout with dry hands and squeezes it hard before letting it go.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catches	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Wales	case
4	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trout	det
7	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catches	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 hands	case
9	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hands	amod
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 catches	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 squeezes	cc
12	squeezes	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 catches	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 squeezes	obj
14	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 squeezes	advmod
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 letting	mark
16	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 squeezes	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 letting	obj
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 letting	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 catches	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	catch	present	a boy in Wales	a trout	with dry hands	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trout=Theme
2	squeeze	present	a boy in Wales not said here	trout	hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	let	gerund	a boy in Wales not said here	trout		tree rules
4	go	infinitive	trout not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 might the fish get ill later?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	xcomp
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 get	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	might	the fish					ill, late property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

The options

Option 1

The cold water will be a shock after the warm air, and it will freeze

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 water	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shock	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 shock	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 shock	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shock	det
7	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 air	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 air	det
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 air	amod
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shock	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 freeze	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 freeze	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 freeze	nsubj
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 freeze	aux
16	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 shock	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	future	the cold water	a shock			after the warm air		tree rules
2	freeze	future	water						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its protective slime coat was rubbed off and germs can get in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 coat	nmod:poss
2	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 coat	amod
3	slime	slime	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coat	compound
4	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rubbed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rubbed	aux:pass
6	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 rubbed	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 get	cc
9	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 get	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 rubbed	conj
12	in	in	ADV	_	11 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub off	past · passive		Its protective slime coat					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	get in	can	germs						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It ate too much bait on the hook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 much	advmod
4	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bait	amod
5	bait	bait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 hook	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hook	det
8	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	It	much bait		the hook			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bait=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It has been out of the water so long that it has forgotten how to swim

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 forgotten	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 forgotten	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 forgotten	aux:pass
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 water	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 been	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 forgotten	advmod
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 forgotten	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 forgotten	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 forgotten	aux
13	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 swim	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 swim	mark
16	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 forgotten	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect · passive		It				long property	tree rules
2	not swim	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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