Test 14 · ★ · Facing fears

can't swim but too embarrassed to say, everyone's going in the deep end

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone · What happens: not swim, say, go · To what, where: deep end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 swim	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 swim	advmod
3	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 embarrassed	cc
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 embarrassed	advmod
6	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swim	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 embarrassed	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 going	punct
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 going	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 going	aux
12	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 swim	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 end	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 end	det
15	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 end	amod
16	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	not swim	can			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	go	present · progressive	everyone	in the deep end	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in end=Location

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Go in anyway and copy the others, you'll pick it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 copy	cc
5	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 others	det
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 copy	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pick	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 pick	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 pick	aux
11	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	parataxis
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pick	obj
13	up	up	ADP	_	11 pick	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go in	imperative	you not said here		anyway property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	copy	infinitive	you not said here	the others		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme
3	pick up	future	you	it		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

Jump in, you'll learn fast

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	ADV	_	1 Jump	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 learn	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 learn	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 learn	aux
6	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Jump	conj
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 learn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump in	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	learn	future	you					fast property	vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult or the lifeguard and stay in the shallow end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 lifeguard	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lifeguard	det
6	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 adult	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stay	cc
8	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
11	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 end	amod
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult or the lifeguard				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	stay	infinitive	you not said here				in the shallow end		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in end=Location

Option 4

Hold your breath and hope nobody notices you can't swim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 breath	nmod:poss
3	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hope	cc
5	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 notices	nsubj
7	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hope	ccomp
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 swim	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 swim	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 swim	advmod
11	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 notices	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	your breath	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme
2	hope	present	you not said here		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	notice	present	nobody		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	not swim	can	you		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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