Exam question 1 · Thinking like a lifeguard

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the formation of a rip current?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: formation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 formation	det
10	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 current	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 current	det
13	rip	rip	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 current	compound
14	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 formation	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the formation of a rip current				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Fish swimming together create a strong current

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 create	nsubj
2	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Fish	acl
3	together	together	ADV	_	2 swimming	advmod
4	create	create	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 current	det
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 current	amod
7	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 create	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund	Fish not said here					together property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	create	present	Fish	a strong current					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent current=Result

Option 2

The tide draws water down towards the sea bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tide	det
2	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 draws	nsubj
3	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 draws	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 draws	compound:prt
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	9 bed	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bed	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bed	compound
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 draws	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw down	present	the tide	water		the sea bed			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme towards bed=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Wind blowing from the land pulls water out evenly along the whole length of the shore

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	nsubj
2	blowing	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Wind	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 land	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 land	det
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blowing	obl
6	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	6 pulls	compound:prt
9	evenly	evenly	ADV	_	6 pulls	advmod
10	along	along	ADP	_	13 length	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 length	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 length	amod
13	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 shore	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shore	det
16	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 length	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	gerund	Wind not said here					from the land	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from land=Co-Patient
2	pull out	present	Wind	water				along the whole length of the shore; evenly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Water pushed ashore by waves rushes back out to sea through a narrow gap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rushes	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Water	acl
3	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	2 pushed	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 waves	case
5	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pushed	obl:agent
6	rushes	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	back	back	ADV	_	8 out	advmod
8	out	out	ADV	_	6 rushes	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 sea	case
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rushes	obl
11	through	through	ADP	_	14 gap	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 gap	det
13	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 gap	amod
14	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rushes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	participle		Water not said here				ashore property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	rush	present	Water			a narrow gap		to sea result; out property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sea=Result

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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