Test 3 · ★ · Washing your body and caring for your hair
A two-year-old is sitting in only a little bath water. Is it safe to leave her for a minute?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: year old, it · What happens: sit in, be, leave · To what, where: little bath water, her
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A two-year-old is sitting in only a little bath water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 old | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 year | nummod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 two | punct |
| 4 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 old | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 year | punct |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sitting | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sitting | aux |
| 8 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 sitting | advmod |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 water | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 water | det |
| 12 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 water | amod |
| 13 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 water | compound |
| 14 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sitting | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sitting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit in | present · progressive | a year old | a little bath water | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: Is it safe to leave her for a minute?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 leave | mark |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 safe | xcomp |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 leave | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 minute | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 minute | det |
| 9 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leave | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 safe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | to-infinitive | her = she | minute | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a small child can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 drown | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 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 | 7 drown | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 drown | aux |
| 7 | drown | drown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 centimetres | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 centimetres | det |
| 10 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 centimetres | amod |
| 11 | centimetres | centimetre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 drown | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 water | case |
| 13 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 centimetres | nmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 seconds | case |
| 15 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 drown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown | can | a small child | a few centimetres of water | second | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, if she is sitting down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 sitting | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 sitting | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sitting | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sitting | aux |
| 6 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | down | down | ADV | _ | 6 sitting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit down | present · progressive | she | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, if the door is left open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 left | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 left | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 door | det |
| 5 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 left | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 left | aux:pass |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 left | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · passive | the door | open property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, the water is far too shallow for a child to come to any harm
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 shallow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 water | det |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shallow | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shallow | cop |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 shallow | advmod |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 shallow | advmod |
| 8 | shallow | shallow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 13 come | mark |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 child | det |
| 11 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 come | nsubj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 come | mark |
| 13 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 shallow | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 harm | case |
| 15 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 harm | det |
| 16 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the water | far, shallow property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | to-infinitive | a child | any harm | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to harm=Initial_Location |
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