Test 9 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe

left the bucket of water out in the garden overnight, so what

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: leave out · To what, where: bucket, garden

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bucket	det
3	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 left	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bucket	nmod
6	out	out	ADP	_	1 left	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 garden	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 garden	det
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 left	obl
10	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	1 left	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 what	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 what	advmod
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 left	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave out	past		the bucket of water		the garden		overnight property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=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.

The options

Option 1

It is fine, any animal that falls in can just swim out again

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 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 animal	punct
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 swim	nsubj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 falls	nsubj
8	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 animal	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	8 falls	compound:prt
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 swim	aux
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 swim	advmod
12	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	parataxis
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 swim	compound:prt
14	again	again	ADV	_	12 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	fall in	present	any animal			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	swim out	can	any animal	again		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Small animals can fall in and drown, cover it or add a stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 animals	amod
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fall	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fall	aux
4	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 fall	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drown	cc
7	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fall	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cover	punct
9	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fall	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cover	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 add	cc
12	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fall	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 stick	det
14	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 add	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fall in	can	Small animals		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drown	infinitive	Small animals not said here		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	cover	infinitive	Small animals not said here	it	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination
4	add speech: assert	infinitive	Small animals not said here	a stick	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient

Option 3

It helps them, they need a drink

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	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 need	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 need	nsubj
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 helps	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 drink	det
8	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	It	them = they					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary
2	need	present	they	a drink					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drink=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, animals never go near buckets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 animals	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 go	advmod
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	near	near	ADP	_	7 buckets	case
7	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	present	Nothing animals			buckets			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near bucket=Location

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