Test 19 · ★ · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule

they're saying Finn's dad drove into the flood and the car floated off, shall i tell everyone

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, dad, car, i · What happens: say, drive, float off, tell · To what, where: flood, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saying	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dad	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Finn	case
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drove	nsubj
7	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 flood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flood	det
10	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drove	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 floated	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 car	det
13	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 floated	nsubj
14	floated	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	conj
15	off	off	ADP	_	14 floated	compound:prt
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tell	punct
17	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 tell	aux
18	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 tell	nsubj
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
20	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	they			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drive	past	Finn's dad		the flood	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into flood=Trajectory
3	float off	past	the car			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	shall	i	everyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

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

Spread it, since floods make good stories and everyone in the class will want to hear it straight away

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct
4	since	since	SCONJ	_	6 make	mark
5	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	nsubj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stories	amod
8	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 want	cc
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 want	nsubj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 class	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 class	det
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 everyone	nmod
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 want	aux
15	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 hear	mark
17	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 want	xcomp
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hear	obj
19	straight	straight	ADV	_	20 away	advmod
20	away	away	ADV	_	17 hear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	make	present	floods	good stories		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product
3	want	future	everyone			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	everyone not said here	class	away property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Spread it, so everyone laughs at his dad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 laughs	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 laughs	advmod
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 laughs	nsubj
6	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 dad	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	laugh	present	everyone					at his dad	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Do not spread it about his family; the lesson for you is never to walk or drive into flood water

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 family	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 family	nmod:poss
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 walk	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 walk	nsubj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 lesson	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 walk	cop
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 walk	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 walk	mark
16	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 spread	parataxis
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 drive	cc
18	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 walk	conj
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 water	case
20	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 water	compound
21	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		about his family	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme about family=Destination
2	not is	present	the lesson for you			walk property	tree rules
3	drive	infinitive	the lesson for you not said here		flood water		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into water=Trajectory

Option 4

Spread it, but add that the car sank as well, so the story sounds even more exciting

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 add	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 add	cc
5	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 sank	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sank	nsubj
9	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 add	advcl
10	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	9 sank	advmod
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 as	fixed
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sounds	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 sounds	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 story	det
15	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sounds	nsubj
16	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
17	even	even	ADV	_	18 more	advmod
18	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	19 exciting	advmod
19	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sounds	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	add speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	sink	past	the car			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	sound	present	the story		exciting property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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