Test 6 · ★ · The beach and the sea

Why do lifeguards move the flags during the day?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lifeguards · What happens: move · To what, where: flags

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 move	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 move	aux
3	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 move	nsubj
4	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flags	det
6	flags	flag	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 move	obj
7	during	during	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 move	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · do-support	lifeguards	the flags			day		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flag=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.

The options

Option 1

They are bored of the same place

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 bored	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	aux:pass
3	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 place	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 place	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 place	amod
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	present · passive		They				of the same place	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2

To let the sand dry under them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 let	mark
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sand	det
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 let	obj
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 let	xcomp
6	under	under	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	to-infinitive		the sand				dry property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The safe area changes as the tide and currents change

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 area	det
2	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 area	amod
3	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changes	nsubj
4	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 change	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tide	det
7	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 change	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 currents	cc
9	currents	current	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tide	conj
10	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 changes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	the safe area						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	change	present	the tide and currents						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To make people walk further along the sand to the café and shops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 walk	advcl
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
4	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	further	further	ADV	_	4 walk	advmod
6	along	along	ADP	_	8 sand	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sand	det
8	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 café	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 café	det
11	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shops	cc
13	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 café	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	people					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product
2	walk	imperative	you not said here					along the sand; to the café and shops result; further property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to café=Result

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