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# Test 18 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

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did u hear a kid walked thru floodwater n "a shark bit him on his street". what's probs a rumour

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, kid, shark · **What happens:** hear, walk, bite, be · **To what, where:** kid, floodwater n · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t18:1
# text = did u hear a kid walked thru floodwater n "a shark bit him on his street". what's probs a rumour
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	thru	through	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	9	case	_	_
8	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	n	n	NOUN	NN	_	13	obl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
20	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	probs	prob	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **walk** | past | a kid |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bite** *in a quote* | past | a shark | kid |  | floodwater n |  | on kid's street | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient through n=Location |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | prob *property* | tree rules |

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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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That in a flood you should move up to the higher floors of the house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t18:o1:1
# text = That in a flood you should move up to the higher floors of the house
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move up** | should | That |  |  | the higher floors of the house |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to floor=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shark; but floodwater really is fast, dirty and electrified

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t18:o2:1
# text = The shark; but floodwater really is fast, dirty and electrified
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	electrified	electrify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | floodwater | the shark *not said here* |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | floodwater *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **electrify** | participle | floodwater *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That you should not walk in floodwater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t18:o3:1
# text = That you should not walk in floodwater
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **walk** | should | you | That |  | floodwater |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in floodwater=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That floodwater can be electrified

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t18:o4:1
# text = That floodwater can be electrified
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	electrified	electrify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **electrify** | can · passive |  | that floodwater |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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