Exam question 3 · Baths, water at home and doors

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning small children and shallow water.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, small children

This is exam question 3 of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 children	amod
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 water	cc
15	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 water	amod
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 children	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	small children and shallow water		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer

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

They will always cry out loudly when they are in any difficulty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cry	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cry	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 cry	advmod
4	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 cry	compound:prt
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 cry	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 difficulty	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 difficulty	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 difficulty	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 difficulty	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 difficulty	det
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry out speech: express	future	They					always, loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they			any difficulty			tree rules

Option 2

They cannot drown where they are able to stand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drown	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 drown	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 drown	advmod
4	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 able	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 able	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 able	cop
8	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drown	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 stand	mark
10	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 able	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not drown	can	They		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they	able property	tree rules
3	stand	to-infinitive	they not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

They may drown in a few centimetres within seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drown	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 drown	aux
3	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 centimetres	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 centimetres	det
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 centimetres	amod
7	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drown	obl
8	within	within	ADP	_	9 seconds	case
9	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	may	They			a few centimetres	second		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They are safe in water below the knee of an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	obl
6	below	below	ADP	_	8 knee	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 knee	det
8	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 adult	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knee	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			water		below the knee of a adult; safe property	tree rules

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