Exam question 3 · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the supervision of small children in the bath.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 supervision	det
11	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 children	case
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 children	amod
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 supervision	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 bath	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bath	det
17	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 children	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the supervision of small children in the bath		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus supervision=Experiencer
4	supervise			small children in the bath		nom supervision «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

A small child cannot drown in shallow water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drown	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 drown	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 drown	advmod
6	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drown	can	a small child			shallow water			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A small child may be left alone briefly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj:pass
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	aux:pass
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 left	xcomp
8	briefly	briefly	ADV	_	6 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	may · passive		a small child				alone, briefly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

A small child may drown in a few centimetres of water within seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drown	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 drown	aux
5	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 centimetres	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 centimetres	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 centimetres	amod
9	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drown	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 centimetres	nmod
12	within	within	ADP	_	13 seconds	case
13	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drown	obl

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

Option 4

Supervision is required only in swimming pools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 pools	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 pools	case
6	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pools	compound
7	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Supervision					tree rules

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