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description: Identify the principal reason for which children must never be in or near a pool without a grown-up watching. Exam question 2 of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» of the everyday course of 
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# Exam question 2 · Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail ma…

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Identify the principal reason for which children must never be in or near a pool without a grown-up watching.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, children, grown up · **What happens:** identify, not be, watch · **To what, where:** principal reason, pool

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which children must never be in or near a pool without a grown-up watching.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
16	without	without	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
21	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | must | children |  |  | a pool |  | for the principal reason; without a grown up | tree rules |
| 3 | **watch** | gerund | a grown up *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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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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Pools are always closed by law whenever no adult is present at the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:e2:o1:1
# text = Pools are always closed by law whenever no adult is present at the house
1	Pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present · passive | law | Pools |  |  |  | always *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | no adult |  |  | the house |  | present, whenever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Children cannot open pool gates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:e2:o2:1
# text = Children cannot open pool gates
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **open** | can | Children | pool gates |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Adults must check the temperature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:e2:o3:1
# text = Adults must check the temperature
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | must | Adults | the temperature |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Most child drownings happen in home pools when no one is watching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:e2:o4:1
# text = Most child drownings happen in home pools when no one is watching
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	drownings	drowning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | Most child drownings |  |  | home pools |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pool=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | present · progressive | no one |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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