Test 2 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings
A family in New South Wales hears a bushfire warning on the radio. Which plan is best?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, plan · What happens: hear, be · To what, where: bushfire warning, radio
This is test 2 · ★★ 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.
The question
Sentence 1: A family in New South Wales hears a bushfire warning on the radio.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hears | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Wales | case |
| 4 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Wales | compound |
| 5 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Wales | compound |
| 6 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 family | nmod |
| 7 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 warning | det |
| 9 | bushfire | bushfire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 warning | compound |
| 10 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hears | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 radio | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 radio | det |
| 13 | radio | radio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 warning | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 hears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | a family in New South Wales | a bushfire warning | the radio | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer warning=Stimulus |
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: Which plan is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 plan | det |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 best | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 best | cop |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which plan | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Go towards the fire to help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 4 fire | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fire | det |
| 4 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | the fire | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards fire=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Do what their emergency plan says and follow official alerts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | aux |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 says | obj |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 plan | nmod:poss |
| 4 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plan | compound |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 follow | cc |
| 8 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 says | conj |
| 9 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 alerts | amod |
| 10 | alerts | alert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 follow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | their emergency plan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 2 | follow | infinitive | their emergency plan not said here | official alerts | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alert=Theme | ||||
| 3 | plan | their = they | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Turn the radio off to stay calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 radio | det |
| 3 | radio | radio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Turn | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stay | mark |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Turn | advcl |
| 7 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | imperative | you not said here | the radio | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent radio=Patient | ||||
| 2 | stay | to-infinitive | you not said here | calm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Wait until they can see the flames themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 flames | det |
| 7 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | can | they | the flames | flames = flame obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flame=Stimulus |
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