Test 16 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

did u hear?? some boys had a contest who could hold their breath longest underwater and one "just went limp, the lifeguard pulled him out". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, boys, contest, one, lifeguard · What happens: hear, have, hold, go, pull out · To what, where: lesson, contest, breath, him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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	_	3 hear	punct
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 contest	det
9	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 hold	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hold	aux
12	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 contest	acl:relcl
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 breath	nmod:poss
14	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hold	obj
15	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 hold	xcomp
16	underwater	underwater	ADV	_	12 hold	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 went	cc
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 went	nsubj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 went	punct
20	just	just	ADV	_	21 went	advmod
21	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 had	conj
22	limp	limp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 went	xcomp
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 pulled	punct
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 lifeguard	det
25	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 pulled	nsubj
26	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 had	parataxis
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 pulled	obj
28	out	out	ADP	_	26 pulled	compound:prt
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 pulled	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
31	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson		tree rules
2	have	past	some boys	a contest		tree rules
3	hold	could	a contest	boys's breath	long, underwater property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme
4	go in a quote	past	one		limp property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	pull out in a quote	past	the lifeguard	him = he		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 · ✓ the right answer

Never do breath-holding contests underwater; you can black out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holding	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 breath	punct
5	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 contests	amod
6	contests	contest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	obj
7	underwater	underwater	ADV	_	2 do	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 black	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 black	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 black	aux
11	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 do	advcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 black	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	imperative	you not said here	holding contests				underwater property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality
2	hold	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Only hold it for a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 hold	advmod
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hold	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 minute	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 minute	det
6	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it			minute		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

It's safe in shallow water

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	3 safe	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			shallow water		safe property	tree rules

Option 4

Breath holding is fine if you're a good swimmer and come up when it hurts

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	nsubj
2	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Breath	acl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 swimmer	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 swimmer	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 swimmer	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 swimmer	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 swimmer	amod
10	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 come	cc
12	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 come	compound:prt
14	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 hurts	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hurts	nsubj
16	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 come	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund	Breath not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Breath		fine property	tree rules
3	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a good swimmer		tree rules
4	come up	present	Breath not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	hurt	present	Breath			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus

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