Test 14 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

Why must the pool gate always be shut?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: shut · To what, where: pool gate

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 233 «The sea, waves and swimming pools» 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	8 shut	advmod
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 shut	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
4	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gate	compound
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shut	nsubj:pass
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 shut	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 shut	aux:pass
8	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 shut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut	must · passive		the pool gate				always property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice

It keeps the water clean and free of dust

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 free	cc
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 clean	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 dust	case
9	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the water				clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 2

Gates are just for show and do nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 show	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 show	case
5	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 do	cc
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	conj
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gates					for show	tree rules
2	do	present	Gates not said here	nothing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

Option 3

It stops leaves blowing in

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	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stops	obj
4	blowing	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 leaves	acl
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 blowing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	It	leaves					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality leaf=Eventuality
2	blow in	gerund	leaves not said here						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Small children can wander in and drown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wander	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wander	aux
4	wander	wander	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 wander	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drown	cc
7	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wander	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander	can	Small children						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drown	infinitive	Small children not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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