Exam question 4 · Fire, candles and garage and garden tools

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the use of paddling pools by young children.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, use · To what, where: response, use, paddling pools

This is exam question 4 of lesson 115 «Fire, candles and garage and garden tools» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 use	det
13	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 pools	case
15	paddling	paddling	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pools	compound
16	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 use	nmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 children	case
18	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 children	amod
19	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obl
20	.	.	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	the use of paddling pools	by young children	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer
5	use			paddling pools		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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 are covered with a blanket and left full for next time

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 covered	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 covered	aux:pass
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 blanket	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 blanket	det
6	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 left	cc
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 covered	conj
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 left	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 time	case
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · passive		They				with a blanket	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blanket=Theme
2	leave	past					time	full property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They are safe without supervision as the water is shallow

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	without	without	ADP	_	5 supervision	case
5	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	obl
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 shallow	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shallow	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shallow	cop
10	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					without supervision; safe property	tree rules
2	is	present	the water					shallow property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are emptied after use, as toddlers drown in shallow water

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 emptied	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 emptied	aux:pass
3	emptied	empty	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 use	case
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 emptied	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 drown	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 drown	mark
8	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drown	nsubj
9	drown	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 emptied	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	empty	present · passive		They			after use		vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	drown	present	toddlers			shallow water			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They are left full overnight to keep the water warm

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 left	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 left	xcomp
5	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	3 left	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 left	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		They				full, overnight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	keep	to-infinitive		the water				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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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