Test 1 · ★★ · Building and making things safely

A boy in Florida digs a hole on the beach until he can stand in it up to his chest. Why is it dangerous?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, hole · What happens: dig, stand up, be · To what, where: hole, beach

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 244 «Building and making things safely» 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 boy in Florida digs a hole on the beach until he can stand in it up to his chest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 digs	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Florida	case
4	Florida	Florida	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	digs	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 digs	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 beach	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beach	det
10	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	nmod
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 stand	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stand	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 stand	aux
14	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 digs	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stand	obl
17	up	up	ADP	_	14 stand	compound:prt
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 chest	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 chest	nmod:poss
20	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stand	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 digs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	present	a boy in Florida	a hole		the beach			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme on beach=Location
2	stand up	can	boy			beach		to boy's chest	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in it=Location

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 is it dangerous?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 dangerous	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dangerous	nsubj
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	hole					dangerous property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

The hole will fill up with fresh water from under the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hole	det
2	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fill	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fill	aux
4	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 fill	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fill	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 sand	case
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 sand	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sand	det
12	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fill	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill up	future	the hole			the sand		with fresh water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument

Option 2

The sand at the bottom will get much too hot to stand on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sand	det
2	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 bottom	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bottom	det
5	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sand	nmod
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	much	much	ADV	_	10 hot	advmod
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 hot	advmod
10	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	xcomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 stand	mark
12	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hot	xcomp
13	on	on	ADP	_	12 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	future	the sand at the bottom					hot property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	stand on	to-infinitive	the sand at the bottom not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He might find a crab at the bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 find	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 find	aux
3	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crab	det
5	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 bottom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bottom	det
8	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	might	He	a crab		the bottom			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent crab=Theme at bottom=Asset

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The sand walls can collapse and bury him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 walls	det
2	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walls	compound
3	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 collapse	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 collapse	aux
5	collapse	collapse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bury	cc
7	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 collapse	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bury	obj

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

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