Test 4 · ★★ · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries
Mia: «if Ollie was drowning he'd be screaming, wouldn't he?» What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie, Mia · What happens: drown, scream, do · To what, where: Mia
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Mia: «if Ollie was drowning he'd be screaming, wouldn't he?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 would | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 drowning | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 drowning | punct |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 drowning | mark |
| 5 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 drowning | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drowning | aux |
| 7 | drowning | drown | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Mia | acl:relcl |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 screaming | nsubj |
| 9 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 screaming | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 screaming | aux |
| 11 | screaming | scream | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 drowning | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mia | punct |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 he | advmod |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 would | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 would | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 would | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown in a quote | past · progressive | Ollie | Mia not said here | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mia=Patient | ||||
| 2 | scream speech: express in a quote | would · progressive | Ollie | 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: What should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Mia | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Swim out and check on him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Swim | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 check | cc |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Swim | conj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 check | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim out | imperative | you not said here | out property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | check | infinitive | you not said here | on him = he | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on he=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Shout for an adult now; drowning is often silent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 adult | case |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 adult | det |
| 4 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obl |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Shout | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 silent | punct |
| 7 | drowning | drowning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 silent | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 silent | cop |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 10 silent | advmod |
| 10 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Shout | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | now | for a adult | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for adult=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is | present | drowning | often, silent property | tree rules |
Option 3
Wait until he starts screaming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 4 starts | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 starts | nsubj |
| 4 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 5 | screaming | scream | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 starts | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | start | present | he | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | scream speech: express | gerund | he not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Film it in case he's messing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Film | film | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Film | obj |
| 3 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 7 messing | mark |
| 4 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 in | fixed |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 messing | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 messing | aux |
| 7 | messing | mess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Film | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | film | imperative | you not said here | it | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mess | present · progressive | he | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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