Test 5 · ★★ · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries
«I'm a strong swimmer, I'll just jump in for him, sorted». What would likely happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: be, jump in, sort, happen · To what, where: strong swimmer
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: «I'm a strong swimmer, I'll just jump in for him, sorted».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 swimmer | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 swimmer | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 swimmer | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 swimmer | det |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 swimmer | amod |
| 6 | swimmer | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 jump | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 jump | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 jump | aux |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 jump | advmod |
| 11 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 swimmer | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADV | _ | 11 jump | advmod |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 jump | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 sorted | punct |
| 16 | sorted | sort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 jump | advcl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 sorted | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 swimmer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | I | a strong swimmer | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | jump in in a quote | future | I | for him = he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sort in a quote | past | I not said here | vn classify-29.10 «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 likely happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The cold water wouldn't affect a good swimmer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 water | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 water | amod |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 affect | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 affect | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 affect | advmod |
| 6 | affect | affect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 swimmer | det |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 swimmer | amod |
| 9 | swimmer | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 affect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not affect | would | the cold water | a good swimmer | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus swimmer=Experiencer |
Option 2
The friend would climb out on his own back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 climb | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 climb | aux |
| 4 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 climb | compound:prt |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 back | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 back | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 back | amod |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 climb | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb out | would | the friend | friend's own back | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Two people in trouble instead of one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 people | nummod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 trouble | case |
| 4 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 people | nmod |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 7 one | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 instead | fixed |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 trouble | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The rescue would be quick and easy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rescue | det |
| 2 | rescue | rescue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 quick | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 quick | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 quick | cop |
| 5 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 easy | cc |
| 7 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 quick | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | the rescue | quick property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the rescue not said here | 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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