Test 19 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

Jayden got pulled out by a lifeguard at the beach and people say he can't swim, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lifeguard, people, Jayden · What happens: pull out, say, not swim, pass on · To what, where: Jayden, beach · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★★ 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	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pulled	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pulled	aux:pass
3	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 pulled	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 lifeguard	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lifeguard	det
7	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulled	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 beach	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beach	det
10	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulled	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 say	cc
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 say	nsubj
13	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pulled	conj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 swim	nsubj
15	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 swim	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 swim	advmod
17	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 say	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pass	punct
19	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 swim	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 pass	obj
21	on	on	ADP	_	19 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pull out	past · passive	a lifeguard	Jayden	the beach	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	people			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not swim	can	Jayden			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pass on	infinitive	Jayden not said here	beach		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Pass it on, so he takes lessons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 takes	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 takes	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 takes	nsubj
7	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
8	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 takes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	take	present	he	lessons					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; strong swimmers get caught in rips too, and it would embarrass him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 caught	punct
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 swimmers	amod
8	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 caught	nsubj:pass
9	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 caught	aux:pass
10	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pass	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 rips	case
12	rips	rip	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 caught	obl
13	too	too	ADV	_	10 caught	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 embarrass	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 embarrass	cc
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 embarrass	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 embarrass	aux
18	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pass	parataxis
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 embarrass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	catch	present · passive		strong swimmers	rips	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	embarrass	would	it	him = he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 3

Pass it on, because it is true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 true	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 true	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 true	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 true	cop
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pass	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	it					true property	tree rules

Option 4

Pass it on, and add that he panicked and screamed so loud the whole beach heard him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 heard	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 add	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 add	cc
6	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 panicked	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 panicked	nsubj
9	panicked	panic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 add	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 screamed	cc
11	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 panicked	conj
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 loud	advmod
13	loud	loud	ADV	_	11 screamed	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 beach	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 beach	amod
16	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 screamed	obl:unmarked
17	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass on	infinitive		it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	add speech: assert	infinitive				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	panic	past	he			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	scream speech: express	past	he not said here	the whole beach	loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	hear	past		him = he		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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