Test 12 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence

my mate's struggling in the lake, jump in??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: struggling · What happens: jump in

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Swimming basics and water confidence» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struggling	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mate	case
4	struggling	struggling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jump	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lake	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struggling	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 jump	punct
9	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 jump	advmod
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	9 jump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump in	infinitive	my mate's struggling in the lake						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Wait and see if he shouts for help first, then decide

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	_	6 shouts	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shouts	nsubj
6	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 help	case
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouts	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 shouts	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 decide	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 decide	advmod
12	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	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 how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	shout speech: express a condition, not said to happen	present	he		for help; first property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient
4	decide	infinitive		then		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, jump in straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 jump	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 jump	advmod
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 jump	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump in	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, swim out and grab him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 swim	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grab	cc
6	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 swim	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim out	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grab	infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, throw or reach something that floats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 throw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 reach	cc
5	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 throw	conj
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 reach	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 floats	nsubj
8	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 something	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	reach	infinitive	you not said here	something	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent something=Theme
3	float	present			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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