Test 16 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites

kids opened the fire hydrant to play in the water

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids · What happens: open, play · To what, where: fire hydrant, water

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hydrant	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hydrant	compound
5	hydrant	hydrant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 play	mark
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 opened	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	kids	the fire hydrant					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hydrant=Theme
2	play	to-infinitive	kids not said here			the water			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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's fine if you close it later, once everyone has cooled down

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	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 close	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 close	nsubj
6	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 close	obj
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 close	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cooled	punct
10	once	once	SCONJ	_	13 cooled	mark
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 cooled	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 cooled	aux
13	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fine	conj
14	down	down	ADP	_	13 cooled	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	close a condition, not said to happen	present	you	it	late property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	cool down	present · perfect · passive		everyone		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It's fine if no fire is nearby

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	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 nearby	mark
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nearby	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 nearby	cop
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	3 fine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	no fire					nearby property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It can lower water pressure firefighters need

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	3 lower	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lower	aux
3	lower	lower	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pressure	compound
5	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 firefighters	compound
6	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lower	obj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lower	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	can	It	pressure firefighters					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firefighter=Theme
2	need	present							vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

It's fine in a heatwave

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	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 heatwave	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 heatwave	det
6	heatwave	heatwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	obl

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

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