--- title: Why is a tunnel in the sand more dangerous than a shallow castle moat? — Safe at lakes and beaches · tree and pragmatics description: Why is a tunnel in the sand more dangerous than a shallow castle moat? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Safe at lakes and beaches](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches Why is a tunnel in the sand more dangerous than a shallow castle moat? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tunnel · **What happens:** be This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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/232-lakes-and-beaches/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t5:1 # text = Why is a tunnel in the sand more dangerous than a shallow castle moat? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tunnel tunnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a tunnel in the sand | | | | | than a shallow castle moat; dangerous *property* | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The tunnel can collapse and bury a child ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t5:o1:1 # text = The tunnel can collapse and bury a child 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tunnel tunnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 collapse collapse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collapse** | can | the tunnel | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **bury** | infinitive | the tunnel *not said here* | a child | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tunnels fill up with seawater the instant they are dug ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t5:o2:1 # text = Tunnels fill up with seawater the instant they are dug 1 Tunnels tunnel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fill fill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 seawater seawater NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 dug dig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill up** | present | Tunnels | | | | | with seawater | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with seawater=Instrument | | 2 | **dig** | present · passive | | Tunnels *= tunnel* | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Moats are where the crabs live ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t5:o3:1 # text = Moats are where the crabs live 1 Moats moat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crabs crab NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Moats | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present | the crabs | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Castles are protected from the sea by the tide ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t5:o4:1 # text = Castles are protected from the sea by the tide 1 Castles castle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present · passive | the tide | Castles | | | | from the sea | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary from sea=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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