Test 8 · ★ · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule

Why do storm experts say «When thunder roars, go indoors»?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: storm experts, thunder · What happens: say, roar, go · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 experts	compound
4	experts	expert	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
7	When	when	SCONJ	_	9 roars	mark
8	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 roars	nsubj
9	roars	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 go	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
12	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	storm experts		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	roar in a quote	present	thunder		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go in a quote	infinitive		indoors property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Thunder itself is loud enough to hurt your ears badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loud	nsubj
2	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	1 Thunder	nmod:unmarked
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 loud	cop
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 loud	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hurt	mark
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 loud	advcl
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ears	nmod:poss
9	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hurt	obj
10	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Thunder Thunder					enough, loud property	tree rules
2	hurt	to-infinitive	Thunder Thunder not said here	your ears				badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ear=Patient

Option 2

Thunder shows the storm is moving away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 storm	det
4	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moving	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 moving	aux
6	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shows	ccomp
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 moving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Thunder						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move away	present · progressive	the storm					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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

If you can hear thunder, lightning can reach you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 hear	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hear	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hear	aux
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 reach	advcl
5	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hear	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hear	punct
7	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reach	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 reach	aux
9	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear a condition, not said to happen	can	you	thunder					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus
2	reach	can	lightning	you					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4

Thunder means that the rain will stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 stop	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rain	det
5	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	aux
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Thunder						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop	future	the rain						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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