Test 2 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice

At a hotel pool in Florida, a boy wants to dive in at the shallow end because it looks deep enough. What is the safe choice?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, end, safe choice · What happens: want, dive in, look, be · To what, where: hotel pool, shallow end

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: At a hotel pool in Florida, a boy wants to dive in at the shallow end because it looks deep enough.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 pool	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pool	det
3	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pool	compound
4	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wants	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Florida	case
6	Florida	Florida	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pool	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pool	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wants	nsubj
10	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 dive	mark
12	dive	dive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wants	xcomp
13	in	in	ADV	_	12 dive	advmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 end	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 end	det
16	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 end	amod
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dive	obl
18	because	because	SCONJ	_	20 looks	mark
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 looks	nsubj
20	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wants	advcl
21	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 looks	xcomp
22	enough	enough	ADV	_	20 looks	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a boy	a hotel pool in Florida			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	dive in not said to happen	to-infinitive	a boy not said here		at the shallow end		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location
3	look	present	end			deep, enough property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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 safe choice?

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 choice	det
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 choice	amod
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the safe choice						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Jump in head first instead of diving, since jumping is always safe in a hotel pool

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 head	case
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jump	obl
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Jump	advmod
5	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 diving	mark
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 instead	fixed
7	diving	dive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Jump	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 safe	punct
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 safe	mark
10	jumping	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 safe	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 safe	cop
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 safe	advmod
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Jump	parataxis
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 pool	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pool	det
16	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pool	compound
17	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	jump	imperative	you not said here	head	first property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Trajectory
2	dive	gerund	you not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	jump	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present		a hotel pool	always, safe property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Go in feet first, and dive only where the water is known to be deep

The tree, 15 words

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	ADP	_	3 feet	case
3	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Go	obl
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Go	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dive	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dive	cc
7	dive	dive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	parataxis
8	only	only	ADV	_	13 known	advmod
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 known	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 known	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 known	aux:pass
13	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 dive	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	16 deep	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 deep	cop
16	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 known	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		feet	first property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in foot=Location
2	dive	infinitive					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	know	present · passive		the water			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
4	is	to-infinitive				deep property	tree rules

Option 3

Dive in with his arms out in front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dive	dive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADV	_	1 Dive	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 arms	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arms	nmod:poss
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dive	obl
6	out	out	ADV	_	1 Dive	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 front	case
8	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive in	imperative	you not said here					with his arms; in front; out property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in front=Attribute

Option 4

Dive in only if no one is looking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dive	dive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADV	_	1 Dive	advmod
3	only	only	ADV	_	8 looking	advmod
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 looking	mark
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looking	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 looking	aux
8	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Dive	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive in	imperative	you not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	look a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	no one						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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