Test 19 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice

Hugo slipped running round the pool and cut his chin, people say he's a show-off, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hugo, people · What happens: slip, run, cut, say, be, pass on · To what, where: pool, chin, show off · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ 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	Hugo	Hugo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 slipped	nsubj
2	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 slipped	xcomp
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 pool	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pool	det
6	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 running	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cut	cc
8	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slipped	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 chin	nmod:poss
10	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cut	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 say	punct
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 say	nsubj
13	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 slipped	parataxis
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 off	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 off	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 off	det
17	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 off	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 show	punct
19	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 say	ccomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 pass	punct
21	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 say	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 pass	obj
23	on	on	ADP	_	21 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	slip	past	Hugo			tree rules
2	run	gerund	Hugo not said here		the pool	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round pool=Trajectory
3	cut	past	Hugo not said here	Hugo's chin		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chin=Product
4	say speech: assert	present	people			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	Hugo	a show off		tree rules
6	pass on	infinitive	people not said here	chin		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; he got hurt, and the lesson is to walk on wet pool sides

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 hurt	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hurt	nsubj
8	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux:pass
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pass	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 walk	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 walk	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lesson	det
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 walk	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 walk	cop
15	to	to	PART	_	16 walk	mark
16	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pass	conj
17	on	on	ADP	_	20 sides	case
18	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 sides	amod
19	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sides	compound
20	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hurt	past · passive		he			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	is	present	the lesson		wet pool sides	walk property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pass it on, and say he needed ten stitches and cried in front of the lifeguards

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 needed	nsubj
8	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	ccomp
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 stitches	nummod
10	stitches	stitch	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 needed	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cried	cc
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 needed	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 front	case
14	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cried	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 lifeguards	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lifeguards	det
17	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	need	past	he	ten stitches		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stitch=Theme
4	cry speech: express	past	he not said here		front of the lifeguards	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location

Option 3

Pass it on, because show-offs deserve it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 deserve	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 deserve	mark
6	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offs	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 show	punct
8	offs	off	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 deserve	nsubj
9	deserve	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 deserve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	deserve	present	show offs	it					tree rules

Option 4

Pass it on, so he stops coming to the pool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stops	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 stops	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stops	nsubj
7	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
8	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stops	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 pool	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pool	det
11	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	stop	present	he			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	come	gerund	he not said here		the pool	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to pool=Initial_Location

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