Test 7 · ★ · The beach and the sea
Two sisters on an Irish beach want to go in the sea while their dad sleeps on the sand. What should they do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two sisters, dad, sisters · What happens: want, go, sleep, do · To what, where: sea, sand
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Two sisters on an Irish beach want to go in the sea while their dad sleeps on the sand.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 sisters | nummod |
| 2 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 want | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 beach | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 beach | det |
| 5 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 beach | amod |
| 6 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sisters | nmod |
| 7 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 go | mark |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 want | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 sea | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sea | det |
| 12 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | obl |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 16 sleeps | mark |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 dad | nmod:poss |
| 15 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sleeps | nsubj |
| 16 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 go | advcl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 sand | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sand | det |
| 19 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sleeps | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Two sisters on a Irish beach | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | Two sisters on a Irish beach not said here | the sea | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in sea=Location | ||||
| 3 | sleep | present | sisters's dad | the sand | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 should they do?
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 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur 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 | sisters = sister | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Wake him up so he can watch them swim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake | wake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wake | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Wake | compound:prt |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 watch | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 watch | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 watch | aux |
| 7 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wake | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 watch | obj |
| 9 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 watch | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 2 | watch | can | he | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | swim | infinitive | them = they not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Go in quickly while he is asleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 asleep | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 asleep | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 asleep | cop |
| 7 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in | imperative | you not said here | quickly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | asleep property | tree rules |
Option 3
Swim only in the shallow part
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Swim | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 part | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | shallow | shallow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | 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 shallow part | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in part=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Take turns swimming while the other watches from the sand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Take | advcl |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 watches | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 watches | det |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 watches | amod |
| 7 | watches | watch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 swimming | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 sand | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sand | det |
| 10 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 watches | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | turns | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swim | gerund | you not said here | the other watches | the sand | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme watch=Trajectory |
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