Test 12 · ★ · The beach and the sea

my mate's in trouble out there, swim out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: be, swim out · To what, where: trouble

This is test 12 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trouble	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trouble	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 trouble	case
5	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	out	out	ADV	_	7 there	advmod
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 trouble	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 swim	punct
9	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trouble	parataxis
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 swim	compound:prt
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 trouble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	my mate			trouble; there			tree rules
2	swim out	infinitive							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

No, tell a lifeguard or call the emergency number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lifeguard	det
5	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 call	cc
7	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 number	det
9	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 number	compound
10	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a lifeguard					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lifeguard=Recipient
2	call	infinitive	you not said here	the emergency number					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient

Option 2

Yes, grab a lilo and paddle out to him as fast as you can

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 grab	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lilo	det
5	lilo	lilo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grab	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 paddle	cc
7	paddle	paddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 grab	conj
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 paddle	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 paddle	obl
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 fast	advmod
12	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 paddle	advmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 can	mark
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 can	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	a lilo					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lilo=Theme
2	paddle out	infinitive	you not said here		him = he			fast, out property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to he=Trajectory

Option 3

Wait to see if he waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 see	mark
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 waves	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 waves	nsubj
6	waves	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	wave a condition, not said to happen	present	he	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, swim out fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 swim	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim out	imperative	you not said here					fast, out property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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