Test 1 · ★★★ · Water safety and the ocean

My mate reckons drowning people always scream and wave, so you'd know. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, people, you · What happens: reckon, drown, scream, wave, know

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 13 «Water safety and the ocean» of the physics 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	drowning	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 reckons	csubj
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scream	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 scream	advmod
7	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 drowning	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wave	cc
9	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scream	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 know	advmod
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
13	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 know	aux
14	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reckons	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 know	xcomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	My mate		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	drown	gerund			tree rules
3	scream speech: express	present	people	always property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wave	present	people not said here		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	know	would	you	right property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, they often cannot shout or wave at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 shout	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shout	nsubj
4	often	often	ADV	_	7 shout	advmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 shout	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 shout	advmod
7	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 wave	cc
9	wave	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 shout	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 wave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not shout speech: express	can	they					often property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	infinitive	they not said here			all			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 2

Yes, they always scream for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 scream	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scream	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 scream	advmod
5	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 help	case
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scream	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	present	they					for help; always property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, they always swim fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 swim	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 swim	advmod
5	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	they					always, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, and they always splash a lot so everyone sees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 splash	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 splash	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 splash	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 splash	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 splash	advmod
6	splash	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sees	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lot	det
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 splash	obj
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 sees	advmod
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 sees	nsubj
11	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	splash	present	they	a lot				always property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lot=Theme
2	see	present	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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