Test 8 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice

Why might a boy who swims well in a warm pool get into trouble in a cold mountain lake?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: swim, get · To what, where: warm pool, trouble

This is test 8 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 get	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 swims	nsubj
6	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 boy	acl:relcl
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 swims	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 pool	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pool	det
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pool	amod
11	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swims	obl
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 trouble	case
14	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 lake	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 lake	det
17	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 lake	amod
18	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lake	compound
19	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	a boy			a warm pool		well property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Trajectory
2	get	might	a boy			trouble		in a cold mountain lake	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination

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 · ← Mova's choice

He cannot see under the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	He			the water			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Lake water does not hold up swimmers the way pool water does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lake	Lake	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 water	compound
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 hold	advmod
5	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 hold	compound:prt
7	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hold	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pool	compound
10	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 water	compound
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hold up	present · do-support	Lake water	swimmers					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot swimmer=Theme
2	do	present	the pool water						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Mountain lakes have no bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lakes	compound
2	lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 bottom	det
5	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Mountain lakes	no bottom					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottom=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The cold water can shock him and tire him quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 water	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shock	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shock	aux
5	shock	shock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shock	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tire	cc
8	tire	tire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shock	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tire	obj
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	8 tire	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shock	can	the cold water	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	tire	infinitive	the cold water not said here	water				quickly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

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