Test 7 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice
Three friends go fishing in a small boat on a lake on a calm day. What is the most important rule?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Three friends, important rule · What happens: go, fish, be · To what, where: small boat
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Three friends go fishing in a small boat on a lake on a calm day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 friends | nummod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | nsubj |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fishing | fish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 go | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 boat | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 boat | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 boat | amod |
| 8 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fishing | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 lake | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 lake | det |
| 11 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fishing | obl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 day | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 day | det |
| 14 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 day | amod |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fishing | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Three friends | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | fish | gerund | Three friends not said here | a small boat | day | on a lake | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in boat=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: What is the most important rule?
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 | 6 rule | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 important | advmod |
| 5 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rule | amod |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the important rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
All of them wear life jackets the whole time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 life | det |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 All | nmod |
| 4 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 All | acl:relcl |
| 5 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 jackets | nsubj |
| 6 | jackets | jacket | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 jackets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | jacket | present | all life | time | tree rules |
Option 2
Only the youngest needs a life jacket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 youngest | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 youngest | det |
| 3 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 jacket | det |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jacket | compound |
| 7 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | the youngest | a life jacket | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot jacket=Theme |
Option 3
Life jackets are only for people who cannot swim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jackets | compound |
| 2 | jackets | jacket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 people | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 people | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 people | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 swim | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 swim | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 swim | advmod |
| 10 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 people | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Life jackets | for people | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not swim | can | people | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
No life jackets are needed when it is calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 jackets | det |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jackets | compound |
| 3 | jackets | jacket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 needed | aux:pass |
| 5 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 calm | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 calm | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 calm | cop |
| 9 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 needed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present · passive | no life jackets | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | calm property | tree rules |
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