Test 5 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence
A boy in Colorado wants to jump from a rock into a mountain lake he has never seen. What is the best advice?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, best advice · What happens: want, jump, not see, be · To what, where: rock, mountain lake
This is test 5 · ★★ 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 boy in Colorado wants to jump from a rock into a mountain lake he has never seen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Colorado | case |
| 4 | Colorado | Colorado | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 jump | mark |
| 7 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 rock | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 rock | det |
| 10 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jump | obl |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 lake | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 lake | det |
| 13 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 lake | compound |
| 14 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jump | obl |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 seen | nsubj |
| 16 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 seen | aux |
| 17 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 18 seen | advmod |
| 18 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 lake | acl:relcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a boy in Colorado | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | jump not said to happen | to-infinitive | a boy in Colorado not said here | a rock | into a mountain lake result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lake=Result | |||
| 3 | not see | present · perfect | boy | a mountain lake not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lake=Stimulus |
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 best advice?
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 advice | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 advice | amod |
| 5 | advice | advice | 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 best advice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Jump in where the water looks darkest
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 | SCONJ | _ | 6 looks | mark |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 looks | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 water | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 looks | nsubj |
| 6 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jump | advcl |
| 7 | darkest | dark | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 looks | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look | present | the water | dark property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Jump only if the water is cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 cold | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 water | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cold | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cold | cop |
| 7 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Jump | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the water | cold property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Dive head first so it is quicker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dive | dive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dive | obj |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Dive | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 quicker | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 quicker | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 quicker | cop |
| 7 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Dive | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | imperative | you not said here | head | first property | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | head | quick property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Check the depth and go in feet first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 depth | det |
| 3 | depth | depth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 go | cc |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Check | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 feet | case |
| 7 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | obl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the depth | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depth=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | present | you not said here | feet | first property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in foot=Location |
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