Test 3 · ★ · Floating and sinking: the push of water
A sailor watches a cargo ship as its boxes are taken off in port. What does the sailor see?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sailor · What happens: watch, take off, see · To what, where: cargo ship, boxes, port
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 83 «Floating and sinking: the push of water» 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
Sentence 1: A sailor watches a cargo ship as its boxes are taken off in port.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sailor | det |
| 2 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watches | nsubj |
| 3 | watches | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ship | det |
| 5 | cargo | cargo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ship | compound |
| 6 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watches | obj |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 taken | mark |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 boxes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 taken | aux:pass |
| 11 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 watches | advcl |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 taken | compound:prt |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 port | case |
| 14 | port | port | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 taken | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 watches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | present | a sailor | a cargo ship | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take off | present · passive | sailor's boxes | port | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: What does the sailor see?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 see | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sailor | det |
| 4 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · do-support | the sailor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The ship slowly sinks lower in the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ship | det |
| 2 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sinks | nsubj |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 sinks | advmod |
| 4 | sinks | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | lower | low | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 sinks | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 water | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 water | det |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sinks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sink | present | the ship | the water | low, slowly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The ship slowly rises higher in the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ship | det |
| 2 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rises | nsubj |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 rises | advmod |
| 4 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 rises | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 water | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 water | det |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rises | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | present | the ship | the water | high, slowly property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
Option 3
The ship stays exactly where it was in the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ship | det |
| 2 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stays | nsubj |
| 3 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 where | advmod |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 3 stays | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 water | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 water | cop |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 water | det |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 where | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | the ship | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | ship | the water | tree rules |
Option 4
The ship tips over onto one side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ship | det |
| 2 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tips | nsubj |
| 3 | tips | tip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADV | _ | 3 tips | advmod |
| 5 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 7 side | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 side | nummod |
| 7 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tips | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tip over | present | the ship | one side | over property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent onto side=Destination |
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