Test 5 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

Why do lifeguards blow the whistle when children run around a pool?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lifeguards, children · What happens: blow, run · To what, where: whistle, pool

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» 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	4 blow	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blow	aux
3	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blow	nsubj
4	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 whistle	det
6	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blow	obj
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 run	mark
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 run	nsubj
9	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blow	advcl
10	around	around	ADP	_	12 pool	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pool	det
12	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 run	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 blow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present · do-support	lifeguards	the whistle					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient
2	run	present	children			a pool			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around pool=Trajectory

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

Running splashes the lifeguard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 splashes	nsubj
2	splashes	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lifeguard	det
4	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 splashes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	splash	present		the lifeguard					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lifeguard=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Running makes the water in the pool cold for the swimmers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 pool	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pool	det
7	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 swimmers	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 swimmers	det
11	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present		the water		the pool		cold property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wet tiles are slippery and falls cause head injuries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tiles	amod
2	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slippery	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slippery	cop
4	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cause	cc
6	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cause	nsubj
7	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slippery	conj
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 injuries	compound
9	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wet tiles					slippery property	tree rules
2	cause	present	falls	head injuries					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient

Option 4

Running uses up the pool's air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 uses	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pool	det
5	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 air	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 pool	case
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use up	present		the pool's air					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient

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