Test 3 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter
Rory: «hold on, I'm coming to get you!» What's the better plan?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rory, I, better plan · What happens: hold on, come, get, be · To what, where: you
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» 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: Rory: «hold on, I'm coming to get you!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory | Rory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 hold | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 hold | punct |
| 4 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 hold | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 coming | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 coming | nsubj |
| 8 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 coming | aux |
| 9 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 hold | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 get | mark |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 coming | advcl |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 get | obj |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 hold | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 hold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold on in a quote | infinitive | Rory | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come in a quote | present · progressive | I | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | get in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
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 better plan?
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 plan | det |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | 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 better plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Lie flat on the ice and crawl out to him slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | flat | flat | ADV | _ | 1 Lie | advmod |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 ice | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ice | det |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lie | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 crawl | cc |
| 7 | crawl | crawl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lie | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 crawl | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 crawl | obl |
| 11 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 7 crawl | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | imperative | you not said here | the ice | flat property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ice=Location | |||
| 2 | crawl out | present | you not said here | him = he | slowly property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to he=Destination |
Option 2
Jump in after him to help him swim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 him | case |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Jump | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Jump | advcl |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 help | obj |
| 8 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 help | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in | imperative | you not said here | after him = he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | swim | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stay on the bank, call 999 and reach or throw
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 bank | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bank | det |
| 4 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 call | punct |
| 6 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 7 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 call | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 reach | cc |
| 9 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 throw | cc |
| 11 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 reach | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | the bank | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bank=Location | ||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | you not said here | 999 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | reach | infinitive | you not said here | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | throw | infinitive | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Run out, the ice held Fionn at first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 held | parataxis |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Run | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 held | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ice | det |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 held | nsubj |
| 6 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 held | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 first | case |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run out | infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | hold | past | the ice | Fionn | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fionn=Theme at first=Location |
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