Test 17 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets
did u hear a toddler drowned in the bath when his mum went to get a towel for like a second?? what's the real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, mum · What happens: hear, drown, go, get, be · To what, where: toddler, bath, towel, real lesson
This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» 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 toddler | det |
| 5 | toddler | toddler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obj |
| 6 | drowned | drown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 toddler | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 bath | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bath | det |
| 9 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drowned | obl |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 went | advmod |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mum | nmod:poss |
| 12 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 went | nsubj |
| 13 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 get | mark |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 went | advcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 towel | det |
| 17 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 get | obj |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 second | case |
| 19 | like | like | ADP | _ | 21 second | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 second | det |
| 21 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 towel | nmod |
| 22 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 27 lesson | punct |
| 23 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 27 lesson | nsubj |
| 24 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 lesson | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 lesson | det |
| 26 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 lesson | amod |
| 27 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 went | obl |
| 28 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | a toddler | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer toddler=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | drown | participle | a toddler not said here | the bath | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 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 | a towel | for a second | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer towel=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | is a | present | the real lesson | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never leave a small child alone in a bath, even briefly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 leave | advmod |
| 2 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 child | det |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 child | amod |
| 5 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 leave | obj |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 2 leave | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 bath | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bath | det |
| 9 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 leave | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 briefly | punct |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 briefly | advmod |
| 12 | briefly | briefly | ADV | _ | 2 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not leave | imperative | you not said here | a small child | a bath | alone, briefly property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Theme in bath=Location |
Option 2
It only happens if the child cannot sit up yet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 sit | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sit | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 sit | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 sit | advmod |
| 9 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 happens | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 sit | compound:prt |
| 11 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 9 sit | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | It | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not sit up a condition, not said to happen | can | the child | yet | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Babies can only drown in deep baths, so keep the water low
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 drown | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 drown | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 drown | advmod |
| 4 | drown | drown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 baths | case |
| 6 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 baths | amod |
| 7 | baths | bath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 drown | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 keep | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 keep | advmod |
| 10 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 drown | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 water | det |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 keep | obj |
| 13 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown | can | Babies | deep baths | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | Babies not said here | the water | low property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
Option 4
Fill the bath higher so they float
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fill | fill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bath | det |
| 3 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fill | obj |
| 4 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Fill | xcomp |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 float | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 float | nsubj |
| 7 | float | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Fill | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | imperative | you not said here | the bath | high property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bath=Patient | |||
| 2 | float | present | they | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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