Test 11 · ★ · Swimming and cycling
Someone in a river shouts for help. Your mate wants to dive in. Best plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Someone, mate · What happens: shout, want, dive in
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» of the medicine 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: Someone in a river shouts for help.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 shouts | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 river | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 river | det |
| 4 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Someone | nmod |
| 5 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 help | case |
| 7 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shouts | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Someone | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
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: Your mate wants to dive in.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 dive | mark |
| 5 | dive | dive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 5 dive | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Your mate | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | dive in not said to happen | to-infinitive | Your mate not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Sentence 3: Best plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 plan | amod |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 plan | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Call 999 and throw something that floats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Call | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 throw | cc |
| 4 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Call | conj |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 throw | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 floats | nsubj |
| 7 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 something | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | imperative | you not said here | 999 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | throw | infinitive | you not said here | something | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | ||||
| 3 | float | present | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Wade in up to your waist and grab them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wade | Wade | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 waist | case |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 waist | case |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 waist | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 waist | nmod:poss |
| 6 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wade | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 grab | cc |
| 8 | grab | grab | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wade | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 grab | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | infinitive | them = they | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3
Go home and say nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 4
Both of you dive in together to share the weight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 dive | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 you | case |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Both | nmod |
| 4 | dive | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 together | case |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 dive | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 share | mark |
| 8 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 dive | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 weight | det |
| 10 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | present | Both | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in together=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | share | to-infinitive | Both not said here | the weight | tree rules |
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