Test 5 · ★ · Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them Sophie: "the swirly storm thing's smashing the town right now!!" The TV says it will reach the coast on Thursday. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophie, TV · What happens: smash, say, reach, be · To what, where: town, coast · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 51 «Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them» of the adult life 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 .
The question Sentence 1: Sophie: "the swirly storm thing's smashing the town right now!!"
nsubj punct punct det amod compound nsubj aux det obj advmod advmod punct punct root Sophie PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT the DET swirly ADJ storm NOUN thing NOUN 's AUX smashing VERB the DET town NOUN right ADV now ADV !! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sophie Sophie PROPN Number=Sing 9 smashing nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 9 smashing punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 9 smashing punct 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 thing det 5 swirly swirly ADJ Degree=Pos 7 thing amod 6 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 7 thing compound 7 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 9 smashing nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 smashing aux 9 smashing smash VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 town det 11 town town NOUN Number=Sing 9 smashing obj 12 right right ADV _ 13 now advmod 13 now now ADV PronType=Dem 9 smashing advmod 14 !! !! PUNCT _ 9 smashing punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 9 smashing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 smash in a quote present · progressive Sophie the town now vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme
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.
Sentence 2: The TV says it will reach the coast on Thursday.
det nsubj nsubj aux ccomp det obj case obl punct root The DET TV NOUN says VERB it PRON will AUX reach VERB the DET coast NOUN on ADP Thursday PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 TV det 2 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 reach nsubj 5 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 reach aux 6 reach reach VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 says ccomp 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 coast det 8 coast coast NOUN Number=Sing 6 reach obj 9 on on ADP _ 10 Thursday case 10 Thursday Thursday PROPN Number=Sing 6 reach obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present the TV vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 reach future TV the coast thursday vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent coast=Theme
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It is happening in the TV studio
nsubj aux case det compound obl root It PRON is AUX happening VERB in ADP the DET TV NOUN studio NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 happening nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 happening aux 3 happening happen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 in in ADP _ 7 studio case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 studio det 6 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 7 studio compound 7 studio studio NOUN Number=Sing 3 happening obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen present · progressive It the TV studio vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in studio=Location
Option 2 The town has already been destroyed
det nsubj:pass aux advmod aux:pass root The DET town NOUN has AUX already ADV been AUX destroyed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 town det 2 town town NOUN Number=Sing 6 destroyed nsubj:pass 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 destroyed aux 4 already already ADV _ 6 destroyed advmod 5 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 6 destroyed aux:pass 6 destroyed destroy VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 destroy present · perfect · passive the town vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 3 Storms on maps never come at all
nsubj case nmod advmod case obl root Storms NOUN on ADP maps NOUN never ADV come VERB at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Storms storm NOUN Number=Plur 5 come nsubj 2 on on ADP _ 3 maps case 3 maps map NOUN Number=Plur 1 Storms nmod 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 come advmod 5 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 at at ADP _ 7 all case 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 come obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not come present Storms on maps all vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer It's a forecast; the warning gives people time to get ready
nsubj cop det punct det nsubj acl:relcl iobj obj mark acl xcomp root It PRON 's AUX a DET forecast NOUN ; PUNCT the DET warning NOUN gives VERB people NOUN time NOUN to PART get VERB ready ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 forecast nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 forecast cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 forecast det 4 forecast forecast NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 gives punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 warning det 7 warning warning NOUN Number=Sing 8 gives nsubj 8 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 forecast acl:relcl 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 gives iobj 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 8 gives obj 11 to to PART _ 12 get mark 12 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 time acl 13 ready ready ADJ Degree=Pos 12 get xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a forecast tree rules 2 give present the warning a forecast not said here people time vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme 3 get to-infinitive the warning not said here ready property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
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