Test 7 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence
A child in a kayak says the life jacket is too hot. What would you say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, life jacket, you · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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 child in a kayak says the life jacket is too hot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 kayak | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kayak | det |
| 5 | kayak | kayak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 child | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 jacket | det |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 jacket | compound |
| 9 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hot | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hot | cop |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 hot | advmod |
| 12 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 says | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a child in a kayak | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the life jacket | hot property | tree rules |
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 would you say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Just hold it on your lap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 hold | advmod |
| 2 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hold | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 lap | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 lap | nmod:poss |
| 6 | lap | lap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | it | your lap | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on lap=Location |
Option 2
It does not matter, you can swim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 swim | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 swim | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 swim | aux |
| 8 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 matter | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | It | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | swim | can | you | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
If the kayak tips over, it keeps you afloat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 tips | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kayak | det |
| 3 | kayak | kayak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tips | nsubj |
| 4 | tips | tip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 keeps | advcl |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 4 tips | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tips | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 keeps | nsubj |
| 8 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 keeps | obj |
| 10 | afloat | afloat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tip over a condition, not said to happen | present | the kayak | over property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | kayak | you | afloat property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 4
Wear armbands instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | armbands | armband | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wear | obj |
| 3 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Wear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | armbands | instead property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent armband=Source |
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