Test 10 · ★★★ · Water safety and the ocean

Why can you easily lift a heavy friend in the pool but not on land?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: lift · To what, where: heavy friend, pool

This is test 10 · ★★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 lift	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 lift	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 lift	nsubj
4	easily	easily	ADV	_	5 lift	advmod
5	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 friend	amod
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lift	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 pool	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pool	det
11	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lift	obl
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 land	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 land	advmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 land	case
15	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pool	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 lift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	can	you	a heavy friend		the pool but land		easily property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent friend=Theme in pool=Destination

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

Your arms get stronger in water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 arms	nmod:poss
2	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 get	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Your arms			water		strong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Your friend breathes out all the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breathes	nsubj
3	breathes	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 breathes	compound:prt
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 air	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breathes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe out	present	Your friend	all air					vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

Option 3

Wet skin is easier to grip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 skin	amod
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 easier	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 easier	cop
4	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 grip	mark
6	grip	grip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 easier	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wet skin					easy property	tree rules
2	grip	to-infinitive	Wet skin not said here						vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Water holds up most of their weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 holds	compound:prt
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 holds	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 weight	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 weight	nmod:poss
7	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 most	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	present	Water	most of their weight					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot most=Theme

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