Test 17 · ★ · The beach and the sea

heard the lifeguard put up the red flag but some guys swam anyway and one had to be rescued, my aunty saw it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lifeguard, guys, one, aunty · What happens: hear, put up, swim, have, rescue, see · To what, where: lifeguard, red flag, flag

This is test 17 · ★ 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lifeguard	det
3	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obj
4	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lifeguard	acl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 put	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flag	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flag	amod
8	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 swam	cc
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 guys	det
11	guys	guy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 swam	nsubj
12	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj
13	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	12 swam	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 had	cc
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 had	nsubj
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	19 rescued	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 rescued	aux:pass
19	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 had	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 saw	punct
21	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 aunty	nmod:poss
22	aunty	aunty	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 saw	nsubj
23	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past		the lifeguard		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lifeguard=Stimulus
2	put up	participle	the lifeguard not said here	the red flag		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent flag=Goal
3	swim	past	some guys		anyway property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	have	past	one			tree rules
5	rescue	to-infinitive · passive	one not said here			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»
6	see	past	my aunty	flag		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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

Real lesson: lifeguards put flags up for no reason, just to boss people about on the beach

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 put	punct
4	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 put	nsubj
5	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
6	flags	flag	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 put	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 put	compound:prt
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 reason	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 reason	det
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 boss	punct
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 boss	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 boss	mark
14	boss	boss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 put	conj
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 boss	obj
16	about	about	ADV	_	14 boss	advmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 beach	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 beach	det
19	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 boss	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put up	present	lifeguards	flags				for no reason	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent flag=Goal
2	boss	to-infinitive	lifeguards not said here		people	the beach		about property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary

Option 2

It is gossip, so red flags do not matter

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 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 matter	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	10 matter	advmod
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flags	amod
7	flags	flag	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 matter	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 matter	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 matter	advmod
10	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gossip	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip					tree rules
2	not matter	present · do-support	red flags	gossip not said here					tree rules

Option 3

It proves only adults ignore flags

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	only	only	ADV	_	4 adults	advmod
4	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ignore	nsubj
5	ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	ccomp
6	flags	flag	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ignore	obj

#	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	ignore	present	adults	flags					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: a red flag means it is too dangerous to swim, so obey the flags

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 flag	det
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 flag	amod
6	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dangerous	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dangerous	cop
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 dangerous	advmod
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 means	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 swim	mark
13	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 dangerous	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 obey	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 obey	advmod
16	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 means	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 flags	det
18	flags	flag	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 obey	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Real lesson			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it		dangerous property	tree rules
3	swim	to-infinitive				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	obey	infinitive	Real lesson not said here	the flags		vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Theme

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