Test 16 · ★ · The beach and the sea

my mate's cousin got sucked under by a rip and came up a mile out at sea, he swears

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: suck, come up, swear · To what, where: cousin, rip, mile, sea

This is test 16 · ★ 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	4 cousin	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mate	case
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sucked	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sucked	aux:pass
6	sucked	suck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	under	under	ADP	_	10 rip	case
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 rip	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rip	det
10	rip	rip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sucked	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 came	cc
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sucked	conj
13	up	up	ADV	_	12 came	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 mile	det
15	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 came	obl:unmarked
16	out	out	ADP	_	12 came	compound:prt
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 sea	case
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 came	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 swears	punct
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 swears	nsubj
21	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sucked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	suck	past · passive		my mate's cousin	a rip	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	come up	past		a mile	sea	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sea=Location
3	swear	present	he			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

It proves you should never swim in the sea

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	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 swim	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swim	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 swim	advmod
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proves	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not swim	should	you			the sea			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Trajectory

Option 2

It means you should swim hard straight back

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 swim	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 swim	aux
5	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 swim	advmod
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 back	advmod
8	back	back	ADV	_	5 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swim	should	you					hard property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Exaggerated; a rip pulls you out, not under, so float, signal, or swim sideways

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pulls	advcl
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 pulls	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rip	det
4	rip	rip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulls	nsubj
5	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 float	advcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 pulls	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 pulls	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 float	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 float	advmod
10	under	under	ADP	_	13 float	mark
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 float	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 float	advmod
13	float	float	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 signal	punct
15	signal	signal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 float	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 swim	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 swim	cc
18	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 float	conj
19	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	18 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	exaggerate	participle	a rip not said here			tree rules
2	pull out	present	a rip	you		tree rules
3	not float	imperative				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	signal speech: other	infinitive				vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	swim	infinitive			sideways property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is true, rips pull swimmers right down to the bottom and drag them along under the water

The tree, 18 words

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	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pull	punct
5	rips	rip	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pull	nsubj
6	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
7	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pull	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	9 down	advmod
9	down	down	ADV	_	6 pull	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 bottom	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bottom	det
12	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 down	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 drag	cc
14	drag	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pull	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 drag	obj
16	along	along	ADP	_	19 water	case
17	under	under	ADP	_	19 water	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 water	det
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drag	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		true property	tree rules
2	pull	present	rips	swimmers	down property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimmer=Theme
3	drag	present	rips not said here	swimmers = swimmer	along the water	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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