Test 5 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches

Why is a tunnel in the sand more dangerous than a shallow castle moat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tunnel · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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	9 dangerous	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dangerous	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tunnel	det
4	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dangerous	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sand	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sand	det
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tunnel	nmod
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 dangerous	advmod
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	than	than	ADP	_	14 moat	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 moat	det
12	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 moat	amod
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 moat	compound
14	moat	moat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dangerous	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a tunnel in the sand					than a shallow castle moat; dangerous 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The tunnel can collapse and bury a child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tunnel	det
2	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 collapse	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 collapse	aux
4	collapse	collapse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bury	cc
6	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 collapse	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bury	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collapse	can	the tunnel						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	bury	infinitive	the tunnel not said here	a child					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

Option 2

Tunnels fill up with seawater the instant they are dug

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fill	nsubj
2	fill	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 fill	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 seawater	case
5	seawater	seawater	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fill	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 instant	det
7	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fill	parataxis
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dug	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dug	aux:pass
10	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 instant	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill up	present	Tunnels					with seawater	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with seawater=Instrument
2	dig	present · passive		Tunnels = tunnel					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Moats are where the crabs live

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moats	moat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 where	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 where	cop
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crabs	det
5	crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 live	nsubj
6	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 where	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Moats					where property	tree rules
2	live	present	the crabs						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Castles are protected from the sea by the tide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 protected	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 protected	aux:pass
3	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protected	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 tide	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tide	det
9	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 protected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present · passive	the tide	Castles				from the sea	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary from sea=Theme

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