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Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★

The tide is racing in faster than the family can walk, and they are cut off. Dad: "Just wade through, it's only a bit damp." What's wise?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: tide, family, Just · What happens: race, walk, cut off, wade through, be · To what, where: faster, they, Dad, bit

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» 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

Sentence 1: The tide is racing in faster than the family can walk, and they are cut off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tide	det
2	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 racing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 racing	aux
4	racing	race	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 faster	case
6	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 racing	obl
7	than	than	SCONJ	_	11 walk	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walk	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 walk	aux
11	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 faster	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 cut	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cut	cc
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 cut	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 cut	aux:pass
16	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 racing	conj
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 cut	compound:prt
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 racing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	race	present · progressive	the tide			faster			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fast=Trajectory
2	walk	can	the family						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cut off	present · passive		they					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

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: Dad: "Just wade through, it's only a bit damp."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 wade	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 wade	punct
4	Just	Just	PROPN	_	5 wade	nsubj
5	wade	wade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Dad	acl:relcl
6	through	through	ADV	_	5 wade	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bit	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bit	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 bit	cop
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 bit	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dad	appos
13	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bit	amod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 bit	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wade through in a quote	present	Just	Dad not said here				through property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dad=Trajectory
2	is a in a quote	present	family	a bit					tree rules

Sentence 3: What's wise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wise	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wise	cop
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wise	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Wait on the sand until the water stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 sand	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sand	det
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 stops	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stops	nsubj
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			the sand			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Location
2	stop	present	the water						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Wade quickly through the deepest part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wade	Wade	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Wade	advmod
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 part	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 part	det
5	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 part	amod
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wade	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Swim out to sea, away from the beach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Swim	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 sea	case
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swim	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 away	punct
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Swim	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 beach	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beach	det
9	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim out	imperative	you not said here			sea		away, out property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to sea=Destination

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

Get to the highest dry ground and call the coastguard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	6 ground	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
4	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 ground	amod
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ground	amod
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 call	cc
8	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coastguard	det
10	coastguard	coastguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here					to the highest dry ground result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to ground=Result
2	call	infinitive	you not said here	the coastguard					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coastguard=Recipient

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