Test 18 · ★ · The beach and the sea

Jess got dumped by a wave and her swimsuit came half off, the boys are sharing it, should i

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wave, swimsuit, boys · What happens: dump, come, share · To what, where: Jess, swimsuit

This is test 18 · ★ 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	Jess	Jess	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dumped	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dumped	aux:pass
3	dumped	dump	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 wave	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wave	det
6	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dumped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 came	cc
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 swimsuit	nmod:poss
9	swimsuit	swimsuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dumped	conj
11	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	12 off	advmod
12	off	off	ADV	_	10 came	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sharing	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boys	det
15	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 sharing	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sharing	aux
17	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 came	advcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sharing	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 should	punct
20	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 dumped	conj
21	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 should	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dump	past · passive	a wave	Jess		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination
2	come	past	Jess's swimsuit		off property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	share	present · progressive	the boys	swimsuit		tree rules

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, because it is only a beach story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 story	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 story	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 story	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 story	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 story	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 story	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 story	det
8	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 story	compound
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

Yes, but only to the boys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 boys	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 boys	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 boys	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 boys	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boys	det
7	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Yes, so she wears a different swimsuit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 wears	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wears	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 wears	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wears	nsubj
5	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 swimsuit	det
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 swimsuit	amod
8	swimsuit	swimsuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wears	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	she	a different swimsuit					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent swimsuit=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, never share that; it is cruel and very private

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 share	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 share	advmod
4	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 share	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 cruel	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cruel	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cruel	cop
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 share	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 private	cc
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 private	advmod
12	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cruel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not share	imperative	you not said here	that		tree rules
2	is	present	it		cruel property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules

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