Test 16 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

Max says good swimmers can always save someone who's drowning. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max, good swimmers · What happens: say, save, drown · To what, where: someone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★★★ 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	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 swimmers	amod
4	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 save	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 save	aux
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 save	advmod
7	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 save	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 drowning	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 drowning	aux
11	drowning	drown	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 someone	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 save	punct
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 save	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Max			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	save	can	good swimmers	someone	always property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
3	drown	present · progressive				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Yes, good swimmers are always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 safe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 swimmers	amod
4	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 safe	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 safe	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 2

Yes, if they jump in fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 jump	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 jump	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jump	nsubj
5	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 jump	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 jump	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump in	present	they					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, a panicking person can pull a rescuer under

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 pull	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	panicking	panic	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pull	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 pull	aux
7	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rescuer	det
9	rescuer	rescuer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pull	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	7 pull	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	panic	gerund							vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	pull under	can	a panicking person	a rescuer					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rescuer=Theme

Option 4

Yes, unless the water is cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 cold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cold	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cold	cop
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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