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Test 5 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

A toddler next door could reach the pool because the gate was propped open. Why do pools have fences?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: toddler, pools · What happens: reach, prop, have · To what, where: pool, gate, fences

This is test 5 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A toddler next door could reach the pool because the gate was propped open.

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	6 reach	nsubj
3	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 door	amod
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 toddler	nmod
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reach	aux
6	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pool	det
8	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reach	obj
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 propped	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gate	det
11	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 propped	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 propped	aux:pass
13	propped	prop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 reach	advcl
14	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 propped	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 reach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	could	a toddler next door	the pool					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent pool=Theme
2	prop	past · passive		the gate				open property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Why do pools have fences?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 have	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	fences	fence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · do-support	pools	fences					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fence=Patient

The options

Option 1

To keep the autumn leaves out of the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 leaves	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 autumn	det
4	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 water	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive					autumn		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	leave out	present		the water					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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

To keep small children from falling in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 children	amod
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 falling	mark
6	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 keep	advcl
7	in	in	ADV	_	6 falling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		small children					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	fall in	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To keep the pool water warm when the wind blows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
4	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	compound
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 blows	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blows	nsubj
10	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the pool water				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	blow	present	the wind						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 4

To stop the water evaporating in the hot sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stop	obj
5	evaporating	evaporate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 sun	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sun	det
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sun	amod
9	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evaporating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive		the water					tree rules
2	evaporate	gerund				the hot sun			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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