Test 8 · Hiking and the outdoors
A girl is very thirsty halfway up a trail and sees a fast, clear stream. What is the safest choice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, safest choice · What happens: be, see · To what, where: fast clear stream
This is test 8 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
Sentence 1: A girl is very thirsty halfway up a trail and sees a fast, clear stream.
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 | 5 thirsty | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thirsty | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 thirsty | advmod |
| 5 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | halfway | halfway | ADV | _ | 5 thirsty | advmod |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 trail | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 trail | det |
| 9 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thirsty | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sees | cc |
| 11 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thirsty | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 stream | det |
| 13 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 stream | amod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fast | punct |
| 15 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 stream | amod |
| 16 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sees | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 thirsty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a girl | up a trail; halfway, thirsty property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | present | a girl not said here | a fast clear stream | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stream=Stimulus |
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 safest choice?
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 | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safest choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Wait until she reaches home to drink anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 4 reaches | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reaches | nsubj |
| 4 | reaches | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 reaches | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 drink | mark |
| 7 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 reaches | advcl |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 drink | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reach | present | she | home property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | drink | to-infinitive | she not said here | anything | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
Option 2
Drink from a still puddle instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 puddle | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 puddle | det |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 puddle | advmod |
| 5 | puddle | puddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drink | nmod |
| 6 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 5 puddle | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Drink the water she brought, or treat the stream water first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 water | det |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drink | obj |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 brought | nsubj |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 water | acl:relcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 treat | punct |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 treat | cc |
| 8 | treat | treat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Drink | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 water | det |
| 10 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 water | compound |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 treat | obj |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 treat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | imperative | you not said here | the water | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ||||
| 2 | bring | past | she | the water not said here | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ||||
| 3 | treat | infinitive | you not said here | the stream water | first property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Recipient |
Option 4
Drink from the stream, as fast water is always clean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 stream | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stream | det |
| 4 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drink | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 clean | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 clean | mark |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 water | amod |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 clean | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 clean | cop |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 clean | advmod |
| 11 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Drink | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fast water | always, clean property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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