Test 17 · ★ · Washing your body and caring for your hair

my mum's mate said a toddler drowned in the bath when the mum went to get a towel for like 1 minute, what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, mum, 1 minute · What happens: say, drown, go, get, be · To what, where: toddler, bath, towel, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 76 «Washing your body and caring for your hair» 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 mate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mum	case
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 toddler	det
7	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obj
8	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 toddler	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bath	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bath	det
11	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drowned	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 went	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mum	det
14	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 went	nsubj
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 get	mark
17	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 went	xcomp
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 towel	det
19	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 get	obj
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 minute	case
21	like	like	INTJ	_	23 minute	discourse
22	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	23 minute	nummod
23	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 get	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 lesson	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 lesson	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 lesson	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 lesson	det
28	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 lesson	amod
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 minute	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my mum's mate	a toddler			tree rules
2	drown	participle		a toddler not said here	the bath		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	go	past	the mum				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	get	to-infinitive	the mum not said here	a towel		minute	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer towel=Stimulus
5	is a	present	1 minute and the real lesson	the real lesson			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

Never leave a small child alone in a bath, not even briefly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 leave	advmod
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 child	amod
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obj
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 leave	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 bath	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bath	det
9	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 briefly	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 briefly	advmod
12	even	even	ADV	_	13 briefly	advmod
13	briefly	briefly	ADV	_	2 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	imperative	you not said here	a small child		a bath		alone, briefly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Theme in bath=Location

Option 2

Toddlers can swim, so baths are always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swim	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 swim	aux
3	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 safe	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 safe	advmod
6	baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 safe	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 safe	advmod
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swim	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	can	Toddlers						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	baths					always, safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Only deep baths are dangerous for toddlers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 dangerous	advmod
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 baths	amod
3	baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 toddlers	case
7	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	deep baths					for toddlers; dangerous property	tree rules

Option 4

Bath time is safe if the water is warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 time	compound
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safe	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 warm	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 warm	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 warm	cop
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bath time					safe property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the water					warm property	tree rules

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