Test 4 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter
The cold water shock gasping lasts about 90 seconds. What should Rory do during it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rory · What happens: gasp, last, do · To what, where: cold water shock
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: The cold water shock gasping lasts about 90 seconds.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shock | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shock | amod |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shock | compound |
| 4 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | gasping | gasp | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 lasts | nsubj |
| 6 | lasts | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shock | acl:relcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 8 90 | advmod |
| 8 | 90 | 90 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 seconds | nummod |
| 9 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lasts | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shock | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gasp | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | last | present | the cold water shock not said here | second | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme shock=Value |
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 should Rory do during it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Rory | Rory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | during | during | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Rory | during shock | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Wait quietly on the bank until it's all over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 1 Wait | advmod |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 bank | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bank | det |
| 5 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 over | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 over | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 over | cop |
| 9 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 over | advmod |
| 10 | over | over | ADV | _ | 1 Wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | the bank | quietly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bank=Location | |||
| 2 | is | present | bank | all, over property | tree rules |
Option 2
Step onto the ice to listen for Fionn better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step | step | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 4 ice | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ice | det |
| 4 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Step | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 listen | mark |
| 6 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Step | advcl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Fionn | case |
| 8 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 listen | obl |
| 9 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 listen | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step | imperative | you not said here | the ice | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto ice=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | listen | to-infinitive | you not said here | for Fionn; good property | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fionn=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Keep shouting to Fionn while he calls 999
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Fionn | case |
| 4 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 shouting | obl |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 calls | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 calls | nsubj |
| 7 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 8 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 calls | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | you not said here | Fionn | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fionn=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | call | present | Fionn | 999 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient |
Option 4
Go home quickly and get a towel and blanket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 get | cc |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 towel | det |
| 7 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 blanket | cc |
| 9 | blanket | blanket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 towel | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | home, quickly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a towel and blanket | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer towel=Stimulus |
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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