Test 7 · ★ · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule
Thunder comes 3 seconds after a flash. What does this mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Thunder, this · What happens: come, mean
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Thunder comes 3 seconds after a flash.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 seconds | nummod |
| 4 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 comes | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 flash | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 flash | det |
| 7 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 comes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Thunder | after a flash; second | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What does this mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | this | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The lightning struck about 3 km away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lightning | det |
| 2 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | nsubj |
| 3 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 3 | advmod |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 km | nummod |
| 6 | km | km | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 struck | obj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 struck | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past | the lightning | 3 km | away property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent km=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The lightning struck about 1 km away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lightning | det |
| 2 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | nsubj |
| 3 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 1 | advmod |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 km | nummod |
| 6 | km | km | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 struck | obj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 struck | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past | the lightning | 1 km | away property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent km=Patient |
Option 3
The storm is very far away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 storm | det |
| 2 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 away | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 away | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 far | advmod |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 away | advmod |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the storm | away, far property | tree rules |
Option 4
The storm has already ended
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 storm | det |
| 2 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ended | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ended | aux |
| 4 | already | already | ADV | _ | 5 ended | advmod |
| 5 | ended | end | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present · perfect | the storm | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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