Test 3 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence
A family in Florida reach a quiet beach with no lifeguard. What is the safest choice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, safest choice · What happens: reach, be · To what, where: quiet beach
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: A family in Florida reach a quiet beach with no lifeguard.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reach | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Florida | case |
| 4 | Florida | Florida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 family | nmod |
| 5 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 beach | det |
| 7 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 beach | amod |
| 8 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reach | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 lifeguard | case |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 lifeguard | det |
| 11 | lifeguard | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 beach | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 reach | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | present | a family in Florida | a quiet beach | with no lifeguard | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent beach=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.
Sentence 2: What is the safest choice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safest choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Swim out far where the water is calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Swim | advmod |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 calm | advmod |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 calm | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 calm | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 calm | cop |
| 8 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Swim | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim out | imperative | you not said here | out property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the water | calm, far property | tree rules |
Option 2
Swim near the rocks for shade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | near | near | ADP | _ | 4 rocks | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rocks | det |
| 4 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swim | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 shade | case |
| 6 | shade | shade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swim | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | imperative | you not said here | the rocks | for shade | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near rock=Trajectory |
Option 3
Let the children swim alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 children | det |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 swim | nsubj |
| 4 | swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | conj |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 swim | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | swim | present | the children | alone property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Go to a beach with lifeguards on duty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 beach | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 beach | det |
| 4 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 lifeguards | case |
| 6 | lifeguards | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Go | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 duty | case |
| 8 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | duty | to a beach; with lifeguards | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial_Location |
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