Test 3 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites

A girl's cast gets soaked in the bath. Why is that a problem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: soak, be · To what, where: cast, problem

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A girl's cast gets soaked in the bath.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cast	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 girl	case
4	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 soaked	nsubj:pass
5	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 soaked	aux:pass
6	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 bath	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bath	det
9	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 soaked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 soaked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak	present · passive		a girl's cast				in the bath	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in bath=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 is that a problem?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 problem	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 problem	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 problem	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 problem	det
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 problem	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing; casts are waterproof, so she can bath and swim as she likes

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 waterproof	punct
3	casts	cast	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 waterproof	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 waterproof	cop
5	waterproof	waterproof	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bath	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 bath	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bath	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 bath	aux
10	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waterproof	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 swim	cc
12	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 waterproof	conj
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 likes	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 likes	nsubj
15	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 swim	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	casts	waterproof property	tree rules
2	bath	can	she		tree rules
3	swim	present	casts not said here		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	like	present	she		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

It will turn a different colour

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 turn	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 colour	det
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 colour	amod
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	future	It	a different colour					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme colour=Result

Option 3

It will make her arm heavier forever

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 make	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arm	nmod:poss
5	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 make	xcomp
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	3 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	future	It	her arm				forever, heavy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material arm=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A wet cast can stop working and harm the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cast	det
2	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cast	amod
3	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	aux
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 harm	cc
8	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stop	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 skin	det
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 harm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stop	can	a wet cast		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	work	gerund	a wet cast not said here		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	harm	infinitive	a wet cast not said here	the skin	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus skin=Experiencer

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