Test 7 · ★★ · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries
In a cartoon the hero swims out to sea, punches a wave and swims back easily. What's the real rule?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero, real rule · What happens: swim out, punch, swim back, be · To what, where: cartoon, wave
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon the hero swims out to sea, punches a wave and swims back easily.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swims | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hero | det |
| 5 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swims | nsubj |
| 6 | swims | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 swims | compound:prt |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 sea | case |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swims | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 punches | punct |
| 11 | punches | punch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 swims | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 wave | det |
| 13 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 punches | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 swims | cc |
| 15 | swims | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 swims | conj |
| 16 | back | back | ADV | _ | 15 swims | advmod |
| 17 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 15 swims | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 swims | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim out | present | the hero | a cartoon | to sea | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to sea=Destination | |||
| 2 | punch | present | the hero not said here | a wave | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Patient | ||||
| 3 | swim back | present | the hero not said here | easily property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 the real rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rule | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rule | amod |
| 5 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Strong kids can swim anywhere at sea if they're brave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 swim | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 swim | aux |
| 4 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 swim | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swim | obl |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 brave | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 brave | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 brave | cop |
| 11 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 swim | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | can | Strong kids | sea | anywhere property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sea=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | kids = kid | brave property | tree rules |
Option 2
Waves only hurt cartoon characters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 hurt | advmod |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 characters | compound |
| 5 | characters | character | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past | Waves | cartoon characters | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer character=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Swim between the flags; never fight a rip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | between | between | ADP | _ | 4 flags | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 flags | det |
| 4 | flags | flag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swim | obl |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 fight | punct |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 fight | advmod |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Swim | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rip | det |
| 9 | rip | rip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | imperative | you not said here | the flags | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between flag=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | not fight | infinitive | you not said here | a rip | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rip=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Punching waves makes them smaller
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punching | punch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 makes | csubj |
| 2 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Punching | obj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punch | gerund | waves | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Punching | waves = wave | small property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
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