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title: Why is it dangerous to walk through even shallow floodwater? — Home myths, first aid and weather warn… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it dangerous to walk through even shallow floodwater? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

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Why is it dangerous to walk through even shallow floodwater?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be, walk · **To what, where:** shallow floodwater

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t1:1
# text = Why is it dangerous to walk through even shallow floodwater?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | shallow floodwater |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through floodwater=Trajectory |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is just clean rainwater from the sky, so it is safe to walk through

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t1:o1:1
# text = It is just clean rainwater from the sky, so it is safe to walk through
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	through	through	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | clean rainwater |  | the sky |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk through** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn rehearse-26.8 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is always warm and makes you sleepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t1:o2:1
# text = It is always warm and makes you sleepy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | always, warm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | you |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It can be fast, dirty and carry electricity from fallen wires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t1:o3:1
# text = It can be fast, dirty and carry electricity from fallen wires
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | It |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **carry** | present |  | electricity |  | fallen wires |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme from wire=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Floodwater is only dangerous at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t1:o4:1
# text = Floodwater is only dangerous at night
1	Floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Floodwater |  |  |  | night | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

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