Test 6 · ★★ · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries
«It's lush and sunny, the lake'll be like a bath». What's true in the UK?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: It, lake · What happens: be · To what, where: UK
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: «It's lush and sunny, the lake'll be like a bath».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 lush | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lush | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lush | cop |
| 4 | lush | lush | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sunny | cc |
| 6 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lush | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bath | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lake | det |
| 9 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bath | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 bath | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 bath | cop |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 bath | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 bath | det |
| 14 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lush | parataxis |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 bath | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lush | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | It | lush property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be in a quote | tree rules | |||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | future | the lake | like a bath | tree rules |
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's true in the UK?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 UK | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 UK | det |
| 6 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the UK | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Lakes are hottest of all on bright sunny days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hottest | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hottest | cop |
| 3 | hottest | hot | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 all | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 hottest | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 days | case |
| 7 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 days | amod |
| 8 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 days | amod |
| 9 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hottest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Lakes | day | of all; hot property | tree rules |
Option 2
Lake water is always above 20 °C in summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake | Lake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 water | compound |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 C | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 C | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 20 | advmod |
| 5 | above | above | ADP | _ | 6 20 | case |
| 6 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 C | nummod |
| 7 | ° | ° | SYM | _ | 8 C | compound |
| 8 | C | C | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 summer | case |
| 10 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 C | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Lake water | 20 ° C | summer | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sunny air doesn't warm deep water much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 air | amod |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 warm | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 warm | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 warm | advmod |
| 5 | warm | warm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 warm | obj |
| 8 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 warm | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not warm | present · do-support | Sunny air | deep water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
Option 4
The sun heats a deep lake in a few minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sun | det |
| 2 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heats | nsubj |
| 3 | heats | heat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lake | det |
| 5 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lake | amod |
| 6 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heats | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 minutes | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 minutes | det |
| 9 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 minutes | amod |
| 10 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 heats | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heat | present | the sun | a deep lake | minute | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lake=Patient |
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