Test 15 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

Why must little children never be left alone near water, even shallow water?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: not leave · To what, where: little children, water

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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	7 left	advmod
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 left	aux
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 children	amod
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 left	nsubj:pass
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 left	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 left	aux:pass
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 left	xcomp
9	near	near	ADP	_	10 water	case
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 water	punct
12	even	even	ADV	_	14 water	advmod
13	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 water	amod
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	must · passive		little children		water		shallow water obl; alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme near water=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.

The options

Option 1

They get bored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 get	nsubj
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	They					bored property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The water gets dirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the water					dirty property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

They splash too much and soak everyone nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 splash	nsubj
2	splash	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 much	advmod
4	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 splash	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 soak	cc
6	soak	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 splash	conj
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 soak	obj
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	6 soak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	splash	present	They	much					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location much=Theme
2	soak	present	They not said here	everyone				nearby property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent everyone=Source

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

They can drown in seconds without a sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drown	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 drown	aux
3	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 seconds	case
5	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drown	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 sound	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sound	det
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	can	They				second	without a sound	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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