Test 17 · ★ · Baths, water at home and doors

did u hear, a toddler slipped under in the bath when his mum went to get the phone, they say he screamed the house down. what's probably wrong

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, toddler, mum, they · What happens: hear, slip, go, get, say, scream down · To what, where: bath, phone, house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 slipped	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 toddler	det
6	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slipped	nsubj
7	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
8	under	under	ADP	_	11 bath	case
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bath	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bath	det
11	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slipped	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 went	advmod
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mum	nmod:poss
14	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 went	nsubj
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 slipped	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 get	mark
17	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 went	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 phone	det
19	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 get	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 say	punct
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 say	nsubj
22	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 screamed	nsubj
24	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 say	ccomp
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 house	det
26	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 screamed	obj
27	down	down	ADP	_	24 screamed	compound:prt
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
29	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	32 wrong	nsubj
30	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 wrong	cop
31	probably	probably	ADV	_	32 wrong	advmod
32	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hear	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	slip	past	a toddler		the bath		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	go	past	toddler's mum				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	get	to-infinitive	toddler's mum not said here	the phone			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer phone=Stimulus
5	say speech: assert	present	they				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	scream down speech: express	past	toddler	the house			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Topic
7	is	present				probably, wrong property	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

That it happened while his mum was away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 happened	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 happened	nsubj
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 away	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 away	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 away	cop
8	away	away	ADV	_	3 happened	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	That						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	his mum					away property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The screaming; small children drown quickly and silently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 screaming	det
2	screaming	screaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 drown	punct
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 children	amod
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drown	nsubj
6	drown	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 screaming	acl:relcl
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 drown	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 silently	cc
9	silently	silently	ADV	_	7 quickly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	present	small children	the screaming not said here				quickly property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screaming=Patient

Option 3

That a little water can be dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 dangerous	nsubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 water	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dangerous	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 dangerous	cop
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	That					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That a toddler can slip under the water in a bath at all, because it never happens

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 toddler	det
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 toddler	det
3	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slip	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 slip	aux
5	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slip	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bath	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bath	det
11	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slip	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 bath	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 happens	punct
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 happens	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 happens	nsubj
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 happens	advmod
18	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slip	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	can	that toddler			the water		in a bath at all	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in bath=Attribute
2	not happen	present	it						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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