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title: left the bucket of water out in the garden overnight, so what — Keeping garden wildlife safe · tree and pragmatics
description: left the bucket of water out in the garden overnight, so what Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
left the bucket of water out in the garden overnight, so what

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** leave out · **To what, where:** bucket, garden

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t9:1
# text = left the bucket of water out in the garden overnight, so what
1	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | past |  | the bucket of water |  | the garden |  | overnight *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is fine, any animal that falls in can just swim out again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t9:o1:1
# text = It is fine, any animal that falls in can just swim out again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall in** | present | any animal |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **swim out** | can | any animal |  |  |  | again |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Small animals can fall in and drown, cover it or add a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t9:o2:1
# text = Small animals can fall in and drown, cover it or add a stick
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	drown	drown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall in** | can | Small animals |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drown** | infinitive | Small animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cover** | infinitive | Small animals *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
| 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Small animals *not said here* | a stick |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It helps them, they need a drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t9:o3:1
# text = It helps them, they need a drink
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | It | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **need** | present | they | a drink |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drink=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, animals never go near buckets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe:t9:o4:1
# text = Nothing, animals never go near buckets
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | present | Nothing animals |  |  | buckets |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near bucket=Location |

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