Test 16 · ★★ · Weather emergencies

Leo says floods are only dangerous if u can't swim. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, floods, u · What happens: say, be, not swim · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 dangerous	advmod
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 swim	mark
8	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 swim	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 swim	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 swim	advmod
11	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dangerous	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dangerous	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	floods	dangerous property	tree rules
3	not swim a condition, not said to happen	can	u		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

No, fast water knocks over even strong swimmers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 fast	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knocks	nsubj
5	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	over	over	ADV	_	5 knocks	compound:prt
7	even	even	ADV	_	9 swimmers	advmod
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 swimmers	amod
9	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 knocks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock over	present	fast water	strong swimmers					vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Yes, unless it is cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 3

Yes, floods are just big puddles that look scary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 puddles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 puddles	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 puddles	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 puddles	advmod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 puddles	amod
7	puddles	puddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 look	nsubj
9	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 puddles	acl:relcl
10	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	floods	big puddles					tree rules
2	look	present	big puddles					scary property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, swimmers are always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

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