Test 2 · ★ · Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang

Your big cousin says the pool will go red if you wee. Is that why you shouldn't?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big cousin, pool, you, that · What happens: say, go, wee, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 23 «Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang» of the myths 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: Your big cousin says the pool will go red if you wee.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cousin	amod
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pool	det
6	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 go	xcomp
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 wee	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 wee	nsubj
12	wee	wee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 go	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your big cousin		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	future	the pool	red property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wee a condition, not said to happen	present	you		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.

Sentence 2: Is that why you shouldn't?

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 why	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 why	nsubj
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 should	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 why	advcl:relcl
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 should	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					why property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's fine to wee in the pool, because the red dye doesn't actually exist

The tree, 16 words

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	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wee	mark
5	wee	wee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	csubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 pool	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pool	det
8	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wee	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 exist	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 exist	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dye	det
12	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dye	amod
13	dye	dye	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 exist	nsubj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 exist	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 exist	advmod
16	actually	actually	ADV	_	17 exist	advmod
17	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wee	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	wee	to-infinitive		the pool		tree rules
3	not exist	present · do-support	the red dye		actually property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, the red dye is the only reason not to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 reason	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dye	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dye	amod
5	dye	dye	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reason	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
8	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reason	amod
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 reason	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	10 not	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	the red dye	the only reason					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No dye exists, but weeing in a pool is still unfair and unclean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 dye	det
2	dye	dye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exists	nsubj
3	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 unfair	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 unfair	cc
6	weeing	wee	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 unfair	csubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pool	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pool	det
9	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weeing	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 unfair	cop
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 unfair	advmod
12	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 exists	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 unclean	cc
14	unclean	unclean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 unfair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	no dye				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wee	gerund		a pool			tree rules
3	is	present	weeing		still	unfair property	tree rules
4	be		weeing not said here				tree rules

Option 4

The dye exists but only works at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dye	det
2	dye	dye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exists	nsubj
3	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 works	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 works	advmod
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 exists	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	the dye						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	work	present	the dye not said here				night		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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