Test 1 · ★ · The beach and the sea
A girl in New Zealand finds the flags are far away and wants to swim right in front of her towel instead. What is the safest choice?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, flags, safest choice · What happens: find, be, want, swim · To what, where: front · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 44 «The beach and the sea» 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 girl in New Zealand finds the flags are far away and wants to swim right in front of her towel instead.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 finds | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Zealand | case |
| 4 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Zealand | flat |
| 5 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 6 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 flags | det |
| 8 | flags | flag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 away | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 away | cop |
| 10 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 away | advmod |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 finds | ccomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wants | cc |
| 13 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 finds | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 swim | mark |
| 15 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 wants | xcomp |
| 16 | right | right | ADV | _ | 15 swim | advmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 front | case |
| 18 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 swim | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 towel | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 towel | nmod:poss |
| 21 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 front | nmod |
| 22 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 15 swim | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a girl in New Zealand | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the flags | away, far property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | want | present | a girl in New Zealand not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | swim not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl in New Zealand not said here | front of girl's towel | instead, right property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory |
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: What is the safest choice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safest choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Swim where the water looks calm and dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 looks | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 water | det |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looks | nsubj |
| 5 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Swim | advcl |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 looks | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dark | cc |
| 8 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 calm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look | present | the water | calm property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Swim where some surfers are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 1 Swim | ccomp |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 surfers | det |
| 4 | surfers | surfer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 where | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 where | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | some surfers | where property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Walk to the flags and swim between them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 flags | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 flags | det |
| 4 | flags | flag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Walk | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 swim | cc |
| 6 | swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 7 | between | between | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 swim | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | to the flags result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to flag=Result | ||||
| 2 | swim | infinitive | you not said here | between flags = flag | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between they=Trajectory |
Option 4
Swim in front of her towel, but not far out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 front | case |
| 3 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swim | nmod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 towel | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 towel | nmod:poss |
| 6 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 front | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 out | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 out | cc |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 far | advmod |
| 10 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 out | advmod |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Swim | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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