Test 14 · ★ · The beach and the sea

big waves at the rocks, gonna stand right at the edge for a pic

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: big waves · What happens: stand · To what, where: edge

This is test 14 · ★ 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	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 waves	amod
2	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stand	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 rocks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rocks	det
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waves	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
7	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	8 stand	dep
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	right	right	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 edge	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 edge	det
12	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stand	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 pic	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pic	det
15	pic	pic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	infinitive	big waves at the rocks			the edge		for a pic; right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location

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

Stay well back, a wave can sweep you in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	advmod
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sweep	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wave	det
6	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sweep	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sweep	aux
8	sweep	sweep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stay	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 sweep	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	8 sweep	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay back	imperative	you not said here					well property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sweep in	can	a wave	you					vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location you=Theme

Option 2

Stand with your back to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 back	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 back	nmod:poss
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here					with your back; to the sea	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Go if you hold your friend's hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 hold	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hold	nsubj
4	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hand	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 friend	case
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hold a condition, not said to happen	present	you	your friend's hand					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 4

Go closer for a better pic, waves never reach that far

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Go	xcomp
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 pic	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pic	det
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 pic	amod
6	pic	pic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reach	punct
8	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 reach	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 reach	advmod
10	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
11	that	that	ADV	_	12 far	advmod
12	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 reach	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					for a better pic; close property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for pic=Beneficiary
2	not reach	present	waves					far property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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