Test 15 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

kid at the pool has gone quiet with his head low in the water

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid · What happens: go

This is test 15 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 pool	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pool	det
4	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	aux
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gone	xcomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 head	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 head	nmod:poss
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	obl
11	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 head	amod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 water	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 low	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · perfect	kid at the pool					with kid's head; quiet property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with head=Beneficiary

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

Shout for the lifeguard straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 lifeguard	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lifeguard	det
4	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Shout	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					for the lifeguard; away property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for lifeguard=Recipient

Option 2

Swim over and laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	over	over	ADV	_	1 Swim	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 laugh	cc
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Swim	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim over	imperative	you not said here					over property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	laugh	present	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Splash him to wake him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Splash	splash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Splash	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wake	mark
4	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Splash	advcl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	splash	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme
2	wake	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

Wait and see if he is just playing a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 see	cc
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 playing	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 playing	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 playing	aux
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 playing	advmod
8	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 see	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 playing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	play a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	he	a game	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

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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