Test 9 · Rivers, lakes and the sea up close

why can u float so easy in the dead sea

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u · What happens: float · To what, where: easy

This is test 9 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea up close» of the world 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 float	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 float	aux
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 float	nsubj
4	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 easy	advmod
6	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 float	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sea	amod
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 easy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	can	u	easy					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent easy=Agent

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

The water is so warm that it lifts you up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warm	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 warm	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 warm	advmod
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 lifts	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lifts	nsubj
8	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 warm	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 lifts	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 lifts	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the water					warm property	tree rules
2	lift up	present	water	you					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The water is so salty that it pushes you up much more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 salty	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 salty	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 salty	advmod
5	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 pushes	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pushes	nsubj
8	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 salty	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 pushes	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 pushes	compound:prt
11	much	much	ADV	_	12 more	advmod
12	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 pushes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the water					salty property	tree rules
2	push up	present	water	you					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

The sea is so shallow that you touch the bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sea	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shallow	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shallow	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 shallow	advmod
5	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 touch	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 touch	nsubj
8	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shallow	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bottom	det
10	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sea					shallow property	tree rules
2	touch	present	you	the bottom					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bottom=Co-Theme

Option 4

The waves there are strong enough to hold you up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waves	det
2	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 strong	nsubj
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 waves	expl
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 strong	cop
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	enough	enough	ADV	_	5 strong	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hold	mark
8	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 strong	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 hold	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 hold	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the waves					enough, strong property	tree rules
2	hold up	to-infinitive	the waves not said here	you					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot you=Theme

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