Test 7 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

If there were no gaps between sandbanks along a beach, where could a rip still form?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gaps, rip · What happens: be, form

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 were	mark
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 were	expl
3	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 gaps	det
5	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 were	nsubj
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 sandbanks	case
7	sandbanks	sandbank	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gaps	nmod
8	along	along	ADP	_	10 beach	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 beach	det
10	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sandbanks	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 form	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 form	advmod
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 form	aux
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 rip	det
15	rip	rip	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 form	nsubj
16	still	still	ADV	_	17 form	advmod
17	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beach	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 were	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	no gaps between sandbanks along a beach			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	form	could	a rip				still		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 · ✓ the right answer

Wherever the returning water finds an easier way out, such as beside rocks or a pier

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	5 finds	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
3	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	nsubj
5	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	obj
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 way	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rocks	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 rocks	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	beside	beside	ADP	_	14 rocks	case
14	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 way	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 pier	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pier	det
17	pier	pier	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rocks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	present	the returning water	a easier way and rocks or a pier				wherever property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Option 2

Only on beaches with no waves at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 beaches	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 beaches	case
3	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 waves	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 waves	det
6	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 beaches	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 waves	nmod

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

Option 3

Nowhere, because rips need sandbanks to exist and cannot form without them on any beach

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 need	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nowhere	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 need	mark
4	rips	rip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sandbanks	sandbank	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 exist	mark
8	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 need	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 form	cc
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 form	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 form	advmod
12	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 exist	conj
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 form	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 beach	case
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 beach	det
17	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 form	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	need	present	rips	sandbanks		nowhere property	tree rules
2	exist not said to happen	to-infinitive	sandbanks not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not form	can	sandbanks not said here		any beach	without rips = rip	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Only in the middle of the open ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 middle	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 middle	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 middle	det
4	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 ocean	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ocean	det
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ocean	amod
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 middle	nmod

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

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