Test 6 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice

A boy in Canada falls through the ice near the bank. How should he get out?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: fall, get out · To what, where: ice

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: A boy in Canada falls through the ice near the bank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 falls	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Canada	case
4	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 ice	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ice	det
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 falls	obl
9	near	near	ADP	_	11 bank	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bank	det
11	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ice	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 falls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	a boy in Canada			the ice near the bank			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through ice=Location

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: How should he get out?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get out	should	boy					out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Stand up and climb out as fast as he can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Stand	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 climb	cc
4	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 climb	compound:prt
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 climb	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 can	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 can	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	climb out	present	you not said here					fast property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Swim under the ice towards the middle, where it is thicker and safer to climb out

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	under	under	ADP	_	4 ice	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ice	det
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swim	obl
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swim	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thicker	punct
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 thicker	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 thicker	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 thicker	cop
12	thicker	thick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Swim	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 safer	cc
14	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 thicker	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 climb	mark
16	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 safer	advcl
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 climb	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	swim	imperative	you not said here	the ice	towards the middle	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards middle=Destination
2	is	present	middle		thick property	tree rules
3	be		middle not said here			tree rules
4	climb out	to-infinitive	middle not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Arms on the ice behind him, kick his legs, slide out and roll away

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 kick	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 ice	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ice	det
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Arms	nmod
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ice	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 kick	punct
8	kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 kick	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 slide	punct
12	slide	slide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 kick	conj
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 slide	compound:prt
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 roll	cc
15	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 kick	conj
16	away	away	ADV	_	15 roll	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kick	infinitive	Arms on the ice behind him	his legs		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
2	slide out	infinitive	Arms on the ice behind him not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	roll away	infinitive	Arms on the ice behind him not said here		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Stay very still and wait for spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 still	advmod
3	still	still	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wait	cc
5	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 spring	case
7	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here				still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here				spring		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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