Test 11 · ★ · The beach and the sea
that dark calm gap in the waves looks nice to swim
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dark gap · What happens: look, swim
This is test 11 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 gap | det |
| 2 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gap | amod |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dark | conj |
| 4 | gap | gap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 looks | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 waves | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 waves | det |
| 7 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gap | nmod |
| 8 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 looks | xcomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 swim | mark |
| 11 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 nice | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | that dark gap in the waves | nice property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | swim | to-infinitive | that dark gap in the waves not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It may be a rip, stay away
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 rip | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 rip | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rip | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rip | det |
| 5 | rip | rip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stay | punct |
| 7 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rip | parataxis |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | may | It | a rip | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay away | infinitive | away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, waves are dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 dangerous | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 dangerous | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dangerous | cop |
| 5 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | waves | dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 3
Swim there with a lilo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Swim | advmod |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 lilo | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lilo | det |
| 5 | lilo | lilo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swim | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | imperative | you not said here | there | with a lilo | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with lilo=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, calm water is safest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 safest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 water | amod |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 safest | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 safest | cop |
| 6 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | calm water | safe property | tree rules |
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