Test 4 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

On a beach with big waves, where would you expect the strongest flow out to sea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: expect · To what, where: strongest flow, beach

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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	On	on	ADP	_	3 beach	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 beach	det
3	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 expect	obl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 waves	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 waves	amod
6	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 beach	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 expect	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 expect	advmod
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 expect	aux
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 expect	nsubj
11	expect	expect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 flow	det
13	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 flow	amod
14	flow	flow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 expect	obj
15	out	out	ADV	_	11 expect	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 sea	case
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 out	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 expect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	would	you	the strongest flow		a beach with big waves		out property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flow=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

Where the biggest, loudest waves are crashing onto the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 crashing	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 waves	det
3	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 waves	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 biggest	punct
5	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 waves	amod
6	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 crashing	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 crashing	aux
8	crashing	crash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	onto	onto	ADP	_	11 sand	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sand	det
11	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crashing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crash	present · progressive	the biggest loudest waves			the sand			vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto sand=Location

Option 2

Right at the edge of the dry sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADV	_	4 edge	advmod
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 edge	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 edge	det
4	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 sand	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sand	det
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sand	amod
8	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 edge	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Only far out beyond the horizon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 out	advmod
2	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 out	advmod
3	out	out	ADV	_	root	root
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	6 horizon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horizon	det
6	horizon	horizon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 out	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

In a narrow gap where fewer waves are breaking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 gap	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gap	det
3	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gap	amod
4	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 breaking	advmod
6	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 waves	amod
7	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 breaking	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 breaking	aux
9	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 gap	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · progressive	fewer waves						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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