Test 13 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…

did u hear a boy was bored and went "exploring" at the quarry pool and "nearly drowned in the freezing water". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, boy · What happens: hear, be, go, explore, drown · To what, where: lesson, quarry pool, freezing water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bored	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bored	cop
7	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hear	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 went	cc
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bored	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 exploring	punct
11	exploring	explore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 went	advcl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 exploring	punct
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 pool	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pool	det
15	quarry	quarry	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pool	compound
16	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 exploring	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 drowned	cc
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 drowned	punct
19	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	20 drowned	advmod
20	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 pool	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 water	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 water	det
23	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 water	compound
24	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 drowned	obl
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 exploring	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	a boy			bored property	tree rules
3	go	past	a boy not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	explore in a quote	gerund	a boy not said here		the quarry pool		vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent
5	drown in a quote	participle	a boy not said here		the freezing water	nearly property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: 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

Quarry pools are fine in summer, once the water has warmed up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quarry	quarry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pools	compound
2	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 summer	case
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 warmed	punct
8	once	once	SCONJ	_	12 warmed	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 warmed	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 warmed	aux
12	warmed	warm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fine	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 warmed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Quarry pools				summer	fine property	tree rules
2	warm up	present · perfect · passive		the water					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Good swimmers can't drown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 swimmers	amod
2	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drown	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 drown	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 drown	advmod
5	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drown	can	Good swimmers						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Deep, cold water is truly dangerous; find something safe to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Deep	punct
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dangerous	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	cop
6	truly	truly	ADV	_	7 dangerous	advmod
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 find	punct
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 dangerous	parataxis
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 find	obj
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 safe	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Deep cold water		dangerous, truly property	tree rules
2	find	infinitive		something		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic
3	do	to-infinitive	something not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Bored kids should explore water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 explore	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 explore	aux
4	explore	explore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explore	should	Bored kids	water					vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent water=Location

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