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Test 8 · ★ · The beach and the sea

A man sees a child struggling far out in the water. What is the safest thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man, child, safest thing · What happens: see, struggle, be, do · To what, where: child, water

This is test 8 · ★ 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 man sees a child struggling far out in the water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sees	nsubj
3	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sees	obj
6	struggling	struggle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 child	acl
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 out	advmod
8	out	out	ADV	_	6 struggling	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 struggling	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	a man	a child					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
2	struggle	gerund	a child not said here			the water		out property	vn battle-36.4 «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 is the safest thing to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the safest thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the safest thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Wait and see if the child gets back alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 see	cc
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 gets	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gets	nsubj
7	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 gets	advmod
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	get back a condition, not said to happen	present	the child					alone property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Swim out to the child straight away, without anything to float on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Swim	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swim	obl
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	1 Swim	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 anything	punct
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 anything	case
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Swim	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 float	mark
12	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 anything	acl
13	on	on	ADP	_	12 float	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim out	imperative	you not said here		the child			away, out property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to child=Destination
2	float on	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Run into the water to wave at the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 water	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wave	mark
6	wave	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					into the water result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into water=Result
2	wave	to-infinitive	you not said here					at the child	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at child=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tell a lifeguard or call the emergency number at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lifeguard	det
3	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 call	cc
5	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 number	det
7	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 number	compound
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a lifeguard					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lifeguard=Recipient
2	call	infinitive	you not said here	the emergency number					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent number=Theme at once=Stimulus

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