Test 8 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence
On a hot day, Noah jumps straight into a cold river and gasps. Why is this dangerous?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, this · What happens: jump, gasp, be · To what, where: cold river
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: On a hot day, Noah jumps straight into a cold river and gasps.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jumps | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 day | punct |
| 6 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 jumps | nsubj |
| 7 | jumps | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 jumps | advmod |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 river | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 river | det |
| 11 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 river | amod |
| 12 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jumps | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 gasps | cc |
| 14 | gasps | gasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 jumps | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 jumps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | present | Noah | day | into a cold river result; straight property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into river=Result | |||
| 2 | gasp | present | Noah 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.
Sentence 2: Why is this dangerous?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 dangerous | nsubj |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 dangerous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | dangerous property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Cold water makes you float higher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | float | float | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | higher | high | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 float | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Cold water | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | float | infinitive | you not said here | high property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A gasp underwater can make you breathe in water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 underwater | det |
| 2 | gasp | gasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 underwater | compound |
| 3 | underwater | underwater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | breathe | breathe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 make | xcomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 breathe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | a gasp underwater | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | breathe | infinitive | you not said here | water | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It is not dangerous at all
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 dangerous | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 dangerous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | It | all | dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 4
Gasping makes you swim faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gasping | gasping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 swim | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Gasping | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | swim | infinitive | you not said here | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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