Test 5 · Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps

What would happen if Ella never learned to swim because she was scared?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella · What happens: happen, not learn, swim, be

This is test 5 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» of the religion ethics 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 learned	mark
5	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 learned	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 learned	advmod
7	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 swim	mark
9	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 learned	xcomp
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 scared	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 scared	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 scared	cop
13	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 swim	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not learn a condition, not said to happen	past	Ella		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	swim	to-infinitive	Ella not said here		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	past	Ella	scared 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

She would become a better swimmer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 become	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 swimmer	det
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 swimmer	amod
6	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	She	a better swimmer					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Nothing; swimming skills don't matter, because you can always just stay on the beach

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 matter	punct
3	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skills	compound
4	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 matter	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 matter	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 matter	advmod
7	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stay	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 stay	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 stay	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 stay	aux
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	14 stay	advmod
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 stay	advmod
14	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 matter	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 beach	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 beach	det
17	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	swimming skills						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	stay	can	you			the beach		always property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She'd stay less safe near water; lessons make her safer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stay	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	aux
3	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 safe	advmod
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stay	xcomp
6	near	near	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safe	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 make	punct
9	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 make	nsubj
10	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 make	obj
12	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	would	She					safe property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present	lessons	her = she				safe property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product

Option 4

She would be completely safe from all danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 safe	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 safe	cop
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 safe	advmod
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 danger	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 danger	det
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	She			all danger		completely, safe property	tree rules

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