Test 8 · ★★ · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries
Seán: «ah, it's grand, only up to me knees». What can fast water do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Seán · What happens: be, do
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Seán: «ah, it's grand, only up to me knees».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seán | Seán | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 grand | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 grand | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 grand | punct |
| 4 | ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 8 grand | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ah | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 grand | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 grand | cop |
| 8 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 me | punct |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 me | advmod |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 me | case |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 me | case |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 grand | advcl |
| 14 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 me | flat |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 me | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 grand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Seán | grand property | 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 can fast water do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 do | advmod |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | compound |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | fast property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Push him gently back to the bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | push | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Push | obj |
| 3 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 1 Push | advmod |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Push | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 bank | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bank | det |
| 7 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Push | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push back | imperative | you not said here | him = he | the bank | gently property | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bank=Trajectory |
Option 2
Carry the ball back to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carry | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Carry | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry back | imperative | you not said here | the ball | him = he | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ball=Theme to he=Destination |
Option 3
Nothing below the knee is dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 dangerous | nsubj |
| 2 | below | below | ADP | _ | 4 knee | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 knee | det |
| 4 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dangerous | cop |
| 6 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Knock him over even below the knee
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knock | knock | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Knock | obj |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 1 Knock | compound:prt |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 knee | advmod |
| 5 | below | below | ADP | _ | 7 knee | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 knee | det |
| 7 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Knock | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock over | imperative | you not said here | him = he | the knee | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme below knee=Destination |
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