Test 13 · ★ · The beach and the sea

no lifeguards here but the water looks super calm

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: water · What happens: look

This is test 13 · ★ 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 lifeguards	det
2	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 here	nsubj
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 looks	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looks	nsubj
7	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 here	conj
8	super	super	ADV	_	9 calm	advmod
9	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 here	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the water						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Swim in the calm bit, it is safest when there are no waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swim	swim	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 safest	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 bit	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bit	det
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bit	amod
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swim	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 safest	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 safest	expl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safest	cop
9	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 are	mark
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 are	expl
12	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safest	advcl
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 waves	det
14	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 are	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Swim in the calm bit					safe property	tree rules
2	does	present	no waves			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Swim out past the waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Swim	advmod
3	past	past	ADP	_	5 waves	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 waves	det
5	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim out	imperative	you not said here			the waves		out property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past wave=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Go to a beach with lifeguards instead

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	_	4 beach	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 beach	det
4	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 lifeguards	case
6	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Go	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			a beach		with lifeguards; instead property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial_Location

Option 4

Swim alone so you go faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Swim	advmod
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Swim	advcl
6	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	imperative	you not said here					alone property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	present	you					fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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