Test 2 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence
Ethan sees his little cousin slip into a garden pond and struggle. What should he do first?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ethan · What happens: see, slip, do · To what, where: little cousin slip, garden pond
This is test 2 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: Ethan sees his little cousin slip into a garden pond and struggle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 slip | nmod:poss |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 slip | amod |
| 5 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 slip | compound |
| 6 | slip | slip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 pond | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pond | det |
| 9 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pond | compound |
| 10 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 struggle | cc |
| 12 | struggle | struggle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pond | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Ethan | Ethan's little cousin slip | a garden pond and struggle | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer slip=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | slip | Ethan | nom slip «act intransitive»: poss=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.
Sentence 2: What should he do first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Ethan | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Run indoors to find a towel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | indoors | indoors | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 find | mark |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Run | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 towel | det |
| 6 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | indoors property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | you not said here | a towel | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent towel=Topic |
Option 2
Go and get his armbands and a rubber ring from the shed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 get | cc |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 armbands | nmod:poss |
| 5 | armbands | armband | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ring | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 ring | det |
| 8 | rubber | rubber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ring | compound |
| 9 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 armbands | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 shed | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 shed | det |
| 12 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | his armbands and a rubber ring | the shed | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent armband=Theme from shed=Source |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Jump in head first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 head | case |
| 3 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jump | obl |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Jump | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | imperative | you not said here | head | first property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Shout for an adult and hold out a stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 adult | case |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 adult | det |
| 4 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hold | cc |
| 6 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | conj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 hold | compound:prt |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 stick | det |
| 9 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | for a adult | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for adult=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | hold out | infinitive | you not said here | a stick | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |
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