Test 8 · ★ · Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom

Why should the toilet lid be closed in a house with a toddler?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: close · To what, where: toilet lid

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 219 «Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 closed	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 closed	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lid	det
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lid	compound
5	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 closed	nsubj:pass
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 closed	aux:pass
7	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 closed	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 toddler	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 toddler	det
13	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 closed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	should · passive		the toilet lid				in a house with a toddler	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in house=Topic

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

The water will turn cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	future	the water					cold property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A toddler could fall in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 toddler	det
2	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fall	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fall	aux
4	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall in	could	a toddler						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Toilets break if left open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toilets	toilet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 break	nsubj
2	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 left	mark
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 break	advcl
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	Toilets						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	leave a condition, not said to happen	participle	Toilets not said here					open property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It stops the toilet from running

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	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toilet	det
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 running	mark
6	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stops	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	It	the toilet					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality toilet=Eventuality
2	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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