Test 4 · ★ · The beach and the sea A boy caught in a rip feels it carrying him out. He is a good swimmer. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: catch, feel, carry out, be, do · To what, where: boy, rip, good swimmer
This is test 4 · ★ 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 Sentence 1: A boy caught in a rip feels it carrying him out.
det nsubj acl case det obl obj advcl obj compound:prt punct root A DET boy NOUN caught VERB in ADP a DET rip NOUN feels VERB it PRON carrying VERB him PRON out ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 7 feels nsubj 3 caught catch VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 boy acl 4 in in ADP _ 6 rip case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 rip det 6 rip rip NOUN Number=Sing 3 caught obl 7 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 feels obj 9 carrying carry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 feels advcl 10 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 carrying obj 11 out out ADP _ 9 carrying compound:prt 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 feels punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 catch participle a boy not said here a rip vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 feel present a boy rip vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 3 carry out gerund a boy not said here boy vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality
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.
Sentence 2: He is a good swimmer.
nsubj cop det amod punct root He PRON is AUX a DET good ADJ swimmer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 swimmer nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 swimmer cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 swimmer det 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 swimmer amod 5 swimmer swimmer NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 swimmer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present boy a good swimmer tree rules
Sentence 3: What should he do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX he PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should boy vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Shout and kick until he is back on shore
cc conj case nsubj cop obl case obl root Shout VERB and CCONJ kick VERB until ADP he PRON is AUX back ADV on ADP shore NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shout shout VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 kick cc 3 kick kick VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Shout conj 4 until until ADP _ 7 back case 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 back nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 back cop 7 back back ADV _ 3 kick obl 8 on on ADP _ 9 shore case 9 shore shore NOUN Number=Sing 3 kick obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express imperative you not said here vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 kick infinitive you not said here shore vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient 3 is present he back property tree rules
Option 2 Swim with all his strength straight back to the sand
case det:predet nmod:poss obl advmod advmod case det obl root Swim VERB with ADP all DET his PRON strength NOUN straight ADV back ADV to ADP the DET sand NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Swim swim VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 with with ADP _ 5 strength case 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 strength det:predet 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 strength nmod:poss 5 strength strength NOUN Number=Sing 1 Swim obl 6 straight straight ADV _ 7 back advmod 7 back back ADV _ 1 Swim advmod 8 to to ADP _ 10 sand case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 sand det 10 sand sand NOUN Number=Sing 1 Swim obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 swim imperative you not said here the sand with his strength vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to sand=Destination
Option 3 Dive to the bottom and walk back
case det obl cc conj advmod root Dive VERB to ADP the DET bottom NOUN and CCONJ walk VERB back ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dive dive VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 to to ADP _ 4 bottom case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 bottom det 4 bottom bottom NOUN Number=Sing 1 Dive obl 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 walk cc 6 walk walk VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Dive conj 7 back back ADV _ 6 walk advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 dive imperative you not said here the bottom vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bottom=Location 2 walk back infinitive you not said here vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Swim sideways, along the beach, until the pull stops
advmod punct case det obl punct mark det nsubj parataxis root Swim VERB sideways ADV , PUNCT along ADP the DET beach NOUN , PUNCT until SCONJ the DET pull NOUN stops VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Swim swim VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 sideways sideways ADV _ 1 Swim advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 beach punct 4 along along ADP _ 6 beach case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 beach det 6 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 1 Swim obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 stops punct 8 until until SCONJ _ 11 stops mark 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 pull det 10 pull pull NOUN Number=Sing 11 stops nsubj 11 stops stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Swim parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 swim imperative you not said here the beach sideways property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along beach=Trajectory 2 stop present the pull vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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