Test 15 · ★ · The beach and the sea

Mia says flat dark patches are the safe bit to swim. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, flat dark patches · What happens: say, be, swim · To what, where: safe bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★ 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	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 patches	amod
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 patches	amod
5	patches	patch	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bit	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bit	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bit	det
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bit	amod
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 swim	mark
11	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 bit	acl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 bit	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	flat dark patches	the safe bit	tree rules
3	swim	to-infinitive	Mia 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

Yes, unless it is windy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 windy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 windy	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 windy	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 windy	cop
6	windy	windy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					windy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, they can be rip currents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 currents	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 currents	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 currents	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 currents	cop
6	rip	rip	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 currents	amod
7	currents	current	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	they	rip currents					tree rules

Option 3

Yes, dark water is deeper and safer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 deeper	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deeper	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deeper	cop
6	deeper	deep	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 safer	cc
8	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 deeper	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	dark water					deep property	tree rules
2	be		dark water not said here						tree rules

Option 4

Yes, flat water is always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 safe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safe	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 safe	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	flat water					always, safe property	tree rules

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