Test 18 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms

apparently a kid got sucked into a storm drain playing in the rain and came out in the river miles away. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: storm drain · What happens: suck, play, come out, be · To what, where: kid, storm drain, rain, true lesson

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	5 sucked	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sucked	nsubj:pass
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sucked	aux:pass
5	sucked	suck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 drain	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 drain	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drain	compound
9	drain	drain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sucked	obl
10	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 drain	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 rain	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rain	det
13	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 playing	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 came	cc
15	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sucked	conj
16	out	out	ADV	_	15 came	advmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 miles	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 miles	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 miles	compound
20	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 came	obl
21	away	away	ADV	_	15 came	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sucked	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	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sucked	parataxis
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	suck	past · passive		a kid	a storm drain	apparently property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	play	gerund	a storm drain not said here		the rain		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come out	past				in the river miles; away, out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
4	is a	present		the true 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

Drains are always safe once the rain has stopped falling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drains	drain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 safe	advmod
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 stopped	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rain	det
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stopped	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stopped	aux
9	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 safe	advcl
10	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 stopped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Drains	always, safe property	tree rules
2	stop	present · perfect	the rain		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	fall	gerund	the rain not said here		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Keep away from storm drains and ditches when it rains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 drains	case
4	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drains	compound
5	drains	drain	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ditches	cc
7	ditches	ditch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drains	conj
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 rains	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rains	nsubj
10	rains	rain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	imperative	you not said here			storm drains and ditches		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from drain=Eventuality
2	rain	present	it						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 3

Storm drains are fun slides when it rains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drains	compound
2	drains	drain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 slides	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slides	cop
4	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slides	amod
5	slides	slide	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 rains	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rains	nsubj
8	rains	rain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slides	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Storm drains	fun slides					tree rules
2	rain	present	it						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 4

Only babies are small enough to fit in storm drains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 small	advmod
2	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 small	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 small	cop
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 small	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fit	mark
7	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 small	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 drains	case
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drains	compound
10	drains	drain	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	babies					enough, small property	tree rules
2	fit	to-infinitive	babies not said here			storm drains			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in drain=Trajectory

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