Test 3 · ★ · The beach and the sea

Which is true about rip currents?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	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	about	about	ADP	_	6 currents	case
5	rip	rip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 currents	compound
6	currents	current	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about rip currents; true property	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 · ✓ the right answer

They pull you away from the shore, not under the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pull	nsubj
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 pull	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 pull	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 shore	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shore	det
7	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 water	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 water	advmod
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull away	present	They	you		the shore		away property	tree rules

Option 2

They always pull you down to the bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pull	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 pull	advmod
3	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 pull	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 pull	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 bottom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bottom	det
8	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull down	present	They	you		the bottom		always property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to bottom=Destination

Option 3

They only happen during storms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 happen	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 happen	advmod
3	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	5 storms	case
5	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	They				during storms		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They happen only far out in the middle of the ocean, never near beaches

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 happen	nsubj
2	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 far	advmod
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 out	advmod
5	out	out	ADV	_	2 happen	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 happen	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 ocean	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ocean	det
11	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 middle	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 beaches	punct
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 beaches	advmod
14	near	near	ADP	_	15 beaches	case
15	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	They			the middle of the ocean		near beaches; out property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in middle=Location

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