Test 5 · ★ · The beach and the sea
A girl caught in a rip is too tired to swim. What will most likely keep her safe?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: catch, be, swim, keep · To what, where: girl, rip
This is test 5 · ★ 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 girl caught in a rip is too tired to swim.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tired | nsubj |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 girl | 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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 tired | cop |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 tired | advmod |
| 9 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 swim | mark |
| 11 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 tired | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 tired | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | participle | a girl not said here | a rip | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a girl | tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | swim | to-infinitive | a girl not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What will most likely keep her safe?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 keep | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 keep | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 keep | advmod |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 keep | obj |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | future | girl | likely, safe property | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme she=Attribute |
The options
Option 1
Trying hard to swim straight back against the current
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Trying | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 swim | mark |
| 4 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Trying | xcomp |
| 5 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 6 back | advmod |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 swim | advmod |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 current | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 current | det |
| 9 | current | current | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swim | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | gerund | hard property | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | swim not said to happen | to-infinitive | the current | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against current=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Floating on her back and raising an arm to signal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Floating | float | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 raising | csubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 back | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 back | nmod:poss |
| 4 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Floating | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 raising | cc |
| 6 | raising | raise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 arm | det |
| 8 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 raising | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 signal | mark |
| 10 | signal | signal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 raising | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | gerund | her back | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | |||||
| 2 | raise | gerund | Floating | a arm | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | ||||
| 3 | signal speech: other | to-infinitive | Floating not said here | vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Going under to look for the bottom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 look | mark |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 look | mark |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Going | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 bottom | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bottom | det |
| 7 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | for the bottom | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bottom=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Taking off her life jacket so she can move faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 move | csubj |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 jacket | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 jacket | nmod:poss |
| 4 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jacket | compound |
| 5 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obl |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 move | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 move | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 move | aux |
| 9 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | gerund | her life jacket | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme | |||||
| 2 | move | can | she | fast property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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