Test 16 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence

Max says drowning ppl always splash and scream. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, drowning ppl · What happens: say, drown, splash, scream · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★★ 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	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	drowning	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 ppl	amod
4	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	6 splash	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 splash	advmod
6	splash	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 scream	cc
8	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 splash	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 true	punct
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Max		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drown	gerund			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	splash	present	drowning ppl	always property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
4	scream speech: express	present	drowning ppl not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, they always wave both arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 wave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wave	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 wave	advmod
5	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 arms	det
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	present	they	both arms				always property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, drowning is often quiet and easy to miss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 quiet	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quiet	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quiet	cop
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 quiet	advmod
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 easy	cc
8	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quiet	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 miss	mark
10	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 easy	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	drowning	often, quiet property	tree rules
2	be		drowning not said here		tree rules
3	miss	to-infinitive	drowning not said here		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Yes, they always shout very loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 shout	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shout	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 shout	advmod
5	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 loudly	advmod
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 shout	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	they					always, loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, you can hear them from far away, even over the waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hear	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hear	aux
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hear	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 far	case
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	5 hear	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 waves	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	14 waves	advmod
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 waves	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 waves	det
14	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	can	you	them = they		the waves		away property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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