Test 6 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…
At a crowded beach in California, a girl cannot see her parents. If her family had a plan, what would she do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, family · What happens: not see, have, do · To what, where: parents, crowded beach, plan
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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: At a crowded beach in California, a girl cannot see her parents.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 beach | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 beach | det |
| 3 | crowded | crowded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 beach | amod |
| 4 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 see | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 California | case |
| 6 | California | California | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 beach | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 beach | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 girl | det |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 see | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 see | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 see | advmod |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 parents | nmod:poss |
| 14 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 see | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can | a girl | girl's parents | a crowded beach in California | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus |
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: If her family had a plan, what would she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 had | mark |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 family | nmod:poss |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 plan | det |
| 6 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 do | obj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 do | aux |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 do | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 plan | acl:relcl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | girl's family | a plan | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient | ||||
| 2 | do | would | family | a plan | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Get into the sea to look from there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | into | into | ADP | _ | 4 sea | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sea | det |
| 4 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 look | mark |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Get | advcl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 there | case |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | the sea | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination | ||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from there=Theme |
Option 2
Walk home alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | alone, home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Wander up and down the beach shouting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wander | wander | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADV | _ | 1 Wander | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 beach | cc |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 6 beach | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 beach | det |
| 6 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 up | conj |
| 7 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 beach | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wander | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | the beach not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Go to the meeting place they agreed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 place | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 place | det |
| 4 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 place | compound |
| 5 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 agreed | nsubj |
| 7 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 place | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | the meeting place | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree | past | they | the meeting place not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent place=Topic |
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