Test 3 · ★ · Ships, ports and submarines

«let's play tag on the harbour wall, way more fun than the beach» What is the answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, 's, beach · What happens: let, play, be · To what, where: 's, tag, harbour wall, answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» of the technology 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 let	punct
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	tag	tag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 wall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
8	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wall	compound
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fun	punct
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fun	compound
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 fun	amod
13	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 let	obl
14	than	than	ADP	_	16 beach	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 beach	det
16	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fun	nmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 beach	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 answer	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 answer	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 answer	det
21	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 beach	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let in a quote	imperative	you not said here	's		way more fun than the beach and the answer obl	tree rules
2	play in a quote	infinitive	's not said here	tag	the harbour wall		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=Theme
3	be speech: assert	present	the beach and the answer	the answer			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, harbours are safe because the water is calm and the walls are wide

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 safe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	harbours	harbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 safe	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 calm	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 calm	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 calm	cop
10	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 safe	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wide	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 walls	det
13	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 wide	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wide	cop
15	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 safe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	harbours	safe property	tree rules
2	is	present	the water	calm property	tree rules
3	is	present	the walls	wide property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, harbour edges are deep, cold water with ropes and boats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 deep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 edges	compound
4	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deep	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deep	cop
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 water	punct
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deep	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 ropes	case
11	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 water	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 boats	cc
13	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ropes	conj

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

Option 3

Only at high tide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 tide	advmod
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 tide	case
3	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tide	amod
4	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

Yes, if you stay away from the lighthouse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stay	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 stay	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 stay	nsubj
5	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 stay	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 lighthouse	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lighthouse	det
9	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay away	present	you			the lighthouse		away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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