Test 5 · ★★ · Seasons and tides

oi, the tide's coming in round the sandbank, let's just wade back, it's shallow. good idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sandbank · What happens: come in, let, wade back, be · To what, where: sandbank, 's

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Seasons and tides» 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	oi	oi	ADV	_	6 coming	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 coming	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tide	det
4	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coming	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 tide	case
6	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 let	advcl
7	in	in	ADV	_	6 coming	advmod
8	round	round	ADP	_	10 sandbank	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sandbank	det
10	sandbank	sandbank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coming	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 coming	punct
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 wade	advmod
15	wade	wade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 let	advcl
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 wade	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 shallow	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 shallow	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 shallow	cop
20	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 idea	amod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 shallow	punct
22	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 idea	amod
23	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 let	parataxis
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come in	gerund	you not said here		the sandbank		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round sandbank=Initial_Location
2	let	imperative	you not said here	's			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
3	wade back	present	you not said here				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	sandbank			shallow 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, if you run

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 run	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 run	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 run	nsubj
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	you						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, shallow water is always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 safe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 safe	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 safe	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	shallow water					always, safe property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, on flat beaches it comes in fast; call the coastguard if cut off

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 call	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 comes	punct
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 beaches	case
4	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 beaches	amod
5	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 comes	obl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 call	advcl
8	in	in	ADV	_	7 comes	advmod
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 comes	advmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 call	punct
11	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 coastguard	det
13	coastguard	coastguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 call	obj
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 cut	mark
15	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 call	advcl
16	off	off	ADP	_	15 cut	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come in	present	it		flat beaches	fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location
2	call	imperative	you not said here	the coastguard			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coastguard=Recipient
3	cut off a condition, not said to happen	participle	you not said here				vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, tides always stop at your knees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 stop	advmod
5	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 knees	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 knees	nmod:poss
8	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	tides			your knees		always property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at knee=Location

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