Test 6 · ★ · Swimming and cycling
Amelia's thrashing towards the beach, gasping. What would happen if she kept that up?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Amelia · What happens: thrash, happen, keep up · To what, where: that
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Amelia's thrashing towards the beach, gasping.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amelia | Amelia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 thrashing | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Amelia | case |
| 3 | thrashing | thrash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 6 beach | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 beach | det |
| 6 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thrashing | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 gasping | punct |
| 8 | gasping | gasping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beach | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thrashing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thrash | gerund | towards the beach and gasping | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: 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: What would happen if she kept that up?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 kept | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kept | nsubj |
| 6 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 kept | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 kept | compound:prt |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | keep up a condition, not said to happen | past | Amelia | that | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, panic helps in cold water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 panic | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | panic | panic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 helps | nsubj |
| 4 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 helps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Nothing panic | cold water | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
She'd reach the beach faster and safer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reach | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 reach | aux |
| 3 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 beach | det |
| 5 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reach | obj |
| 6 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 reach | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 safer | cc |
| 8 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 faster | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | would | She | the beach | fast property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent beach=Theme |
Option 3
Thrashing about warms the body up safely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thrashing | thrash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 warms | csubj |
| 2 | about | about | ADP | _ | 1 Thrashing | obl |
| 3 | warms | warm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 body | det |
| 5 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warms | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 warms | compound:prt |
| 7 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 3 warms | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thrash about | gerund | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | warm up | present | Thrashing | the body | safely property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She could breathe in water and tire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 breathe | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 breathe | aux |
| 3 | breathe | breathe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 breathe | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tire | cc |
| 7 | tire | tire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 water | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breathe | could | She | water and tire | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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