Test 17 · ★ · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule

my cousin's mate got struck by lightning sheltering under a tree and his trainers melted to his feet

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lightning, trainers · What happens: strike, shelter, melt · To what, where: cousin, tree

This is test 17 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 struck	nsubj
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cousin	case
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cousin	conj
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 struck	aux:pass
6	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 lightning	case
8	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 struck	obl
9	sheltering	shelter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 lightning	acl
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 tree	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sheltering	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 melted	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 trainers	nmod:poss
15	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 melted	nsubj
16	melted	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 struck	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 feet	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 feet	nmod:poss
19	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 melted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	lightning	my cousin and mate			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	shelter	gerund	lightning not said here		a tree		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Location
3	melt	past	his trainers			to his feet	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

Real lesson: rubber trainers attract lightning, so you should always go barefoot in a storm

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 attract	punct
4	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trainers	compound
5	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 attract	nsubj
6	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
7	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attract	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 go	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 go	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 go	aux
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 go	advmod
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 attract	conj
14	barefoot	barefoot	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 storm	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 storm	det
17	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	rubber trainers	lightning					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lightning=Patient
2	go	should	you			a storm		always, barefoot property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in storm=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: never shelter under a lone tall tree in a storm; the trainers bit is probably exaggerated

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 shelter	punct
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 shelter	advmod
5	shelter	shelter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	appos
6	under	under	ADP	_	10 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
8	lone	lone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tree	amod
9	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tree	amod
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shelter	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 storm	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 storm	det
13	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shelter	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 exaggerated	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 trainers	det
16	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 bit	compound
17	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 exaggerated	aux:pass
19	probably	probably	ADV	_	20 exaggerated	advmod
20	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lesson	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not shelter	infinitive				a lone tall tree		in a storm	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Location
2	exaggerate	present · passive		trainers bit				probably property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It proves lightning only strikes boys

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	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proves	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 strikes	advmod
5	strikes	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	advcl
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 strikes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It	lightning					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lightning=Theme
2	strike	present		boys					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent boy=Instrument

Option 4

It is only gossip, so it proves nothing, and a big tree is still the best shelter from a storm

The tree, 20 words

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 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gossip	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 gossip	advmod
4	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 proves	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 proves	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 proves	nsubj
8	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gossip	acl:relcl
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 proves	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 shelter	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 shelter	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tree	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tree	amod
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 shelter	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 shelter	cop
16	still	still	ADV	_	19 shelter	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 shelter	det
18	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 shelter	amod
19	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gossip	appos
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 storm	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 storm	det
22	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 shelter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip			tree rules
2	prove	present	gossip	nothing			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme
3	is a	present	a big tree	the best shelter	a storm	still	tree rules

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