Test 9 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice
A girl wants to rescue a friend in water. Which is the safest order?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, rescue, be · To what, where: friend, water, safest order
This is test 9 · ★★ 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 girl wants to rescue a friend in water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 rescue | mark |
| 5 | rescue | rescue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 friend | det |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rescue | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rescue | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | rescue not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl not said here | a friend | water | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=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.
Sentence 2: Which is the safest order?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 order | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 order | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 order | det |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 order | amod |
| 5 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 order | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safest order | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Call for help, reach or throw something, go in only if trained
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 help | case |
| 3 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Call | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 reach | punct |
| 5 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Call | conj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 throw | cc |
| 7 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 reach | conj |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 throw | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 go | punct |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Call | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADV | _ | 10 go | advmod |
| 12 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 trained | advmod |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 trained | mark |
| 14 | trained | train | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | imperative | you not said here | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | reach | infinitive | you not said here | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | throw | infinitive | you not said here | something | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go in | infinitive | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | train a condition, not said to happen | participle | you not said here | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Go in, then reach, then throw
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 | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 reach | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 reach | advmod |
| 5 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 throw | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 throw | advmod |
| 8 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in | imperative | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reach | infinitive | you not said here | then | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | throw | infinitive | you not said here | then | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Throw herself in to hold her friend up until somebody else comes along to help
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 5 hold | mark |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hold | mark |
| 5 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Throw | advcl |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friend | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hold | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 hold | compound:prt |
| 9 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 12 comes | mark |
| 10 | somebody | somebody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 comes | nsubj |
| 11 | else | else | ADV | _ | 10 somebody | advmod |
| 12 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hold | advcl |
| 13 | along | along | ADV | _ | 1 Throw | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 help | mark |
| 15 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Throw | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | herself = she | along property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | |||
| 2 | hold up | to-infinitive | you not said here | her friend | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come along | present | somebody | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Jump in first, then call for help
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 | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 call | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 call | advmod |
| 6 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jump | parataxis |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 help | case |
| 8 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in | imperative | you not said here | first property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | then | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
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