Exam question 3 · Pools, lakes and ice

It being given that children are in or near water, select the arrangement consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: children · What happens: give, be, select, establish · To what, where: It, water, arrangement

This is exam question 3 of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 water	mark
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 water	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 water	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 near	cc
9	near	near	ADP	_	7 in	conj
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 select	punct
12	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 arrangement	det
14	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 select	obj
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 select	xcomp
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 guidance	case
17	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 guidance	amod
18	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 consistent	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	children		water		tree rules
3	select	infinitive		the arrangement		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Theme
4	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

A grown-up must watch them at all times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 up	det
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 up	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 watch	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 watch	aux
6	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 watch	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 times	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 times	det
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch	must	a grown up	them = they			time		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

No supervision is required in a shallow pool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 supervision	det
2	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 pool	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pool	det
7	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pool	amod
8	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		no supervision		a shallow pool			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3

A grown-up need watch only when they are in deep water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 grown	det
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 need	nsubj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 grown	compound:prt
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
7	only	only	ADV	_	13 water	advmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 water	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 water	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 water	cop
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	grow up	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	need	present		watch		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot watch=Theme
3	is	present	they		deep water	tree rules

Option 4

Older children may supervise younger ones alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 supervise	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 supervise	aux
4	supervise	supervise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 ones	amod
6	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 supervise	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 supervise	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supervise	may	Older children	younger ones				alone property	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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