Test 16 · Hiking and the outdoors

Ryan says u don't need water for a short hike. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ryan, u · What happens: say, not need · To what, where: water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 need	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 need	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 need	advmod
6	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 hike	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hike	det
10	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hike	amod
11	hike	hike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ryan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not need	present · do-support	u	water				for a short hike	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, streams are always clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 clean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	streams	stream	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clean	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clean	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 clean	advmod
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	streams					always, clean property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, unless it is summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 summer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 summer	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 summer	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 summer	cop
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, you can get thirsty and ill even on a short walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ill	cc
8	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thirsty	conj
9	even	even	ADV	_	13 walk	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 walk	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 walk	det
12	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 walk	amod
13	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	can	you			a short walk		thirsty property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on walk=Source

Option 4

Yes, short walks are always easy, you can drink at home after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 easy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 walks	amod
4	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 easy	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 easy	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 easy	advmod
7	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 drink	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 drink	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 drink	aux
11	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 easy	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 home	case
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drink	obl
14	after	after	ADP	_	11 drink	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	short walks					always, easy property	tree rules
2	drink after	can	you			home			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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