Test 17 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice

did u hear a lad went through the ice on the pond near the bridge, his mates had to pull him out with a branch

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, lad, mates · What happens: hear, go, have, pull out · To what, where: ice, lad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lad	det
5	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 ice	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ice	det
9	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 pond	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pond	det
12	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
13	near	near	ADP	_	15 bridge	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bridge	det
15	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 had	punct
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mates	nmod:poss
18	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 had	nsubj
19	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 pull	mark
21	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 had	xcomp
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 pull	obj
23	out	out	ADP	_	21 pull	compound:prt
24	with	with	ADP	_	26 branch	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 branch	det
26	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	go	past	a lad		the ice	on the pond; near the bridge	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through ice=Initial_Location
3	have	past	lad's mates				tree rules
4	pull out	to-infinitive	lad's mates not said here	lad		with a branch	tree rules

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

It proves only ponds freeze thinly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 ponds	advmod
4	ponds	pond	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 freeze	nsubj
5	freeze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	ccomp
6	thinly	thinly	ADV	_	5 freeze	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	freeze	present	ponds					thinly property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It is gossip, so ice is always safe in winter as long as it is really cold out

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 safe	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 safe	advmod
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 safe	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 safe	advmod
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gossip	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 winter	case
11	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 safe	obl
12	as	as	ADV	_	13 long	advmod
13	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 gossip	advmod
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 cold	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 cold	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 cold	aux:pass
17	really	really	ADV	_	18 cold	advmod
18	cold	col	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 long	advcl
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 cold	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip		long property	tree rules
2	is	present	ice	gossip not said here	winter	always, safe property	tree rules
3	col out	present · passive		ice			tree rules

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

Real lesson: ice is thinner near moving water, so never go on ice an adult has not checked

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ice	compound
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 lesson	punct
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinner	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thinner	cop
6	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	near	near	ADP	_	8 moving	mark
8	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 thinner	advcl
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moving	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 go	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 go	advmod
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 thinner	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 ice	case
15	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 adult	det
17	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 checked	nsubj:pass
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 checked	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 checked	advmod
20	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 ice	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	lesson ice			thin property	tree rules
2	move	gerund	lesson ice not said here	water			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	not go	infinitive	lesson ice not said here		ice		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ice=Location
4	not check	present · perfect · passive	ice not said here	a adult			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Real lesson: branches are the best way onto ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
4	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 way	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 way	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lesson	appos
9	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 ice	case
10	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	branches	the best way		ice			tree rules

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