Test 15 · ★ · Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed,…

my mum's friend says a toddler "drowned in a bucket of water in 2 seconds". what's the true bit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: say, drown, be · To what, where: toddler, bucket, true bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 317 «Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed, sleep and safe food» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 friend	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mum	case
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 toddler	det
7	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 toddler	punct
9	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 toddler	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 bucket	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bucket	det
12	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drowned	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 water	case
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bucket	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 seconds	case
16	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 seconds	nummod
17	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drowned	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 seconds	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 bit	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 bit	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 bit	det
23	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 bit	amod
24	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mum's friend	a toddler			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent toddler=Topic
2	drown in a quote	participle		a toddler not said here	a bucket of water	second	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		the true bit			tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Small children can drown quickly and silently in a little water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drown	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 drown	aux
4	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 drown	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 silently	cc
7	silently	silently	ADV	_	5 quickly	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 water	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 water	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 water	amod
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	can	Small children			a little water		quickly property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Only pools are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 pools	advmod
2	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 3

Toddlers can't drown in shallow water, coz they just stand up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drown	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 drown	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 drown	advmod
4	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drown	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stand	punct
9	coz	because	SCONJ	_	12 stand	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stand	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 stand	advmod
12	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 drown	advcl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 stand	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drown	can	Toddlers			shallow water			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	stand up	present	Toddlers = toddler						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Drowning is always loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 loud	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 loud	advmod
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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