Test 2 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…
A boy shouts «Help, I'm drowning!» in a pool three times as a joke. Why is that dangerous for him later?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: shout, drown, be · To what, where: Help, pool · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» 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 shouts «Help, I'm drowning!» in a pool three times as a joke.
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 | 3 shouts | nsubj |
| 3 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Help | punct |
| 5 | Help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouts | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 drowning | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 drowning | nsubj |
| 8 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 drowning | aux |
| 9 | drowning | drown | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 Help | conj |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 Help | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 Help | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 pool | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 pool | det |
| 14 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouts | obl |
| 15 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 times | nummod |
| 16 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shouts | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 19 joke | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 joke | det |
| 19 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouts | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | a boy | Help | a pool | time | as a joke | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Topic | |
| 2 | drown in a quote | present · progressive | a boy = boy | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 that dangerous for him later?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 dangerous | mark |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dangerous | obl |
| 7 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 dangerous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for boy; dangerous, late property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The lifeguard may not hurry when he really is in trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lifeguard | det |
| 2 | lifeguard | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hurry | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurry | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 hurry | advmod |
| 5 | hurry | hurry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 trouble | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 trouble | nsubj |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 11 trouble | advmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 trouble | cop |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 trouble | case |
| 11 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hurry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurry | may | the lifeguard | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | lifeguard | trouble | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It makes him a better swimmer
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 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 swimmer | det |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 swimmer | amod |
| 6 | swimmer | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | a better swimmer | him = he | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary swimmer=Product |
Option 3
It is only a problem if he shouts it in the sea, not in a pool
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 | 5 problem | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 problem | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 problem | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 problem | det |
| 5 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 shouts | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 shouts | nsubj |
| 8 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 problem | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 shouts | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 sea | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sea | det |
| 12 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shouts | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 pool | punct |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 pool | advmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 pool | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 pool | det |
| 17 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 problem | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a problem and a pool | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express a condition, not said to happen | present | he | it | the sea | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4
Lifeguards always come every time anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lifeguards | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 come | advmod |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obj |
| 6 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Lifeguards | time | always, anyway property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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