Test 14 · ★ · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule

heard thunder but it's still sunny, can we keep playing

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: thunder, we · What happens: hear, be, keep, play · To what, where: thunder

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 15 «Weather signs and the 30-30 rule» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obj
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 sunny	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sunny	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sunny	cop
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 sunny	advmod
7	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 heard	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 keep	punct
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 keep	aux
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 keep	nsubj
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 heard	advcl
12	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past		thunder			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus
2	is	present	thunder		still	sunny property	tree rules
3	keep	can	we				tree rules
4	play	gerund	we not said here				vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1

Yes, if you stay under a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 stay	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 stay	nsubj
5	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	you			a tree			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, go indoors, lightning can strike far from the storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	3 go	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 strike	punct
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strike	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 strike	aux
8	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 go	conj
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 strike	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 storm	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 storm	det
12	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strike	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					indoors property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	strike	can	lightning			the storm		far property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, keep playing until it actually starts to rain properly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keep	xcomp
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 starts	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 starts	nsubj
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 starts	advmod
8	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 rain	mark
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 starts	obl
11	properly	properly	ADV	_	8 starts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	play	gerund	you not said here			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	start	present	it	rain	actually, properly property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, sunny means it is safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 sunny	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 safe	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	sunny						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it					safe property	tree rules

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