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Test 7 · ★★ · Rivers, canals and boats: locks, weirs, water-mills, barge…

The Mole grabs the sculls, lunges and «Sploosh! Over went the boat». What should you do in a small boat?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole, you · What happens: grab, go, do · To what, where: sculls, boat, small boat

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 41 «Rivers, canals and boats: locks, weirs, water-mills, barges and how not to tip a rowing boat» 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

Sentence 1: The Mole grabs the sculls, lunges and «Sploosh!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grabs	nsubj
3	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sculls	det
5	sculls	scull	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grabs	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lunges	punct
7	lunges	lunge	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sculls	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Sploosh	cc
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Sploosh	punct
10	Sploosh	Sploosh	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sculls	conj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 grabs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	present	the Mole	the sculls and lunges and Sploosh					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scull=Theme

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: Over went the boat».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Over	over	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boat	det
4	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past		the boat				over property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boat=Theme

Sentence 3: What should you do in a small boat?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 boat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 boat	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boat	amod
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	you			a small boat			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Lean right out over one side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	right	right	ADV	_	3 out	advmod
3	out	out	ADV	_	1 Lean	advmod
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 side	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 side	nummod
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	imperative	you not said here			one side		out property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over side=Location

Option 2

Stand up and wave the oars to keep your balance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Stand	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wave	cc
4	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oars	det
6	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wave	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wave	advcl
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 balance	nmod:poss
10	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	present	you not said here	the oars					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Patient
3	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	your balance					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Theme
4	balance		your						nom balance «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Jump from side to side to test it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 side	case
3	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jump	obl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 side	case
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jump	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 test	mark
7	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Jump	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 test	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	imperative	you not said here			side		to side result	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient from side=Initial_State to side=Result
2	test	to-infinitive	you not said here	side					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

Step into the middle, keep low and sit still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obl:unmarked
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 middle	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 middle	det
4	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Step	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Step	punct
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sit	cc
9	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	conj
10	still	still	ADV	_	9 sit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	Step into the middle				low property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sit	infinitive	you not said here				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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