Test 18 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

did u hear a kid walked thru floodwater n "a shark bit him on his street". what's probs a rumour

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, kid, shark · What happens: hear, walk, bite, be · To what, where: kid, floodwater n · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walked	nsubj
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
7	thru	through	ADP	Abbr=Yes	9 n	case
8	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 n	compound
9	n	n	NOUN	_	13 bit	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 n	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shark	det
12	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bit	nsubj
13	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 walked	parataxis
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bit	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 street	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 street	nmod:poss
17	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bit	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bit	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 probs	obj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 probs	cop
22	probs	prob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 rumour	det
24	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 probs	obj

#	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	walk	past	a kid				tree rules
3	bite in a quote	past	a shark	kid	floodwater n	on kid's street	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient through n=Location
4	is	present				prob 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 in a flood you should move up to the higher floors of the house

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 move	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 flood	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 flood	det
4	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 That	nmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 move	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 move	aux
7	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 move	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 floors	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 floors	det
11	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 floors	amod
12	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 move	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 floors	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move up	should	That			the higher floors of the house			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to floor=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The shark; but floodwater really is fast, dirty and electrified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shark	det
2	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 fast	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 fast	cc
5	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fast	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fast	cop
8	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shark	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dirty	punct
10	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fast	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 electrified	cc
12	electrified	electrify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 fast	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	floodwater	the shark not said here	fast property	tree rules
2	be		floodwater not said here			tree rules
3	electrify	participle	floodwater not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

That you should not walk in floodwater

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 walk	obl
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 walk	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 walk	advmod
5	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 floodwater	case
7	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not walk	should	you	That		floodwater			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in floodwater=Trajectory

Option 4

That floodwater can be electrified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 floodwater	det
2	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 electrified	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 electrified	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 electrified	aux:pass
5	electrified	electrify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	electrify	can · passive		that floodwater					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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