Test 10 · ★★ · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries
Ethan: «tide's miles away, chill». Why can that change fast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that · What happens: chill, change
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries» 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: Ethan: «tide's miles away, chill».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 away | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 away | punct |
| 4 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 miles | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 tide | case |
| 6 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 away | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Ethan | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chill | punct |
| 9 | chill | chill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 away | parataxis |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 chill | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ethan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chill in a quote | infinitive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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 can that change fast?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 change | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 change | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 change | nsubj |
| 4 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 change | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | can | that | fast property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tide fills flat sand faster than you walk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fills | nsubj |
| 2 | fills | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sand | amod |
| 4 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fills | obj |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 fills | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 8 walk | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 walk | nsubj |
| 8 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 faster | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | present | Tide | flat sand | fast property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sand=Patient | |||
| 2 | walk | present | you | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Sandbanks rise with the tide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandbanks | sandbank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rise | nsubj |
| 2 | rise | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 tide | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tide | det |
| 5 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rise | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | present | Sandbanks | with the tide | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The tide always comes in from the front
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tide | det |
| 2 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 comes | advmod |
| 4 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 comes | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 front | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 front | det |
| 8 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | present | the tide | the front | always property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from front=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Tides only move once a week, so there's lots of time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 move | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 move | advmod |
| 3 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 move | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 week | det |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 once | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 's | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 's | advmod |
| 9 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 's | expl |
| 10 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 move | advcl |
| 11 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 's | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 time | case |
| 13 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lots | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present | Tides | once property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | does | present | lots of time | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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