Test 19 · ★★ · Anger and fears

apparently a kid got hit by lightning inside his house watching telly, my cousin said. what's probably just a rumour?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lightning, house, cousin · What happens: hit, watch, say, be · To what, where: kid, telly, rumour · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	5 hit	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	nsubj
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	aux:pass
5	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 said	ccomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 lightning	case
7	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	obl:agent
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 house	nmod:poss
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lightning	nmod
11	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 house	acl
12	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 watching	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hit	punct
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cousin	nmod:poss
15	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 said	nsubj
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 rumour	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 rumour	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 rumour	cop
20	probably	probably	ADV	_	23 rumour	advmod
21	just	just	ADV	_	23 rumour	advmod
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 rumour	det
23	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 said	ccomp
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hit	past · passive	lightning inside kid's house	a kid	apparently property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme
2	watch	gerund	kid's house not said here	telly		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telly=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	is a	present		a rumour	probably property	tree rules

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

That flashes come before thunder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 flashes	det
2	flashes	flash	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	before	before	ADP	_	5 thunder	case
5	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	that flashes			thunder			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before thunder=Location

Option 2

That storms can be loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 storms	det
2	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 loud	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 loud	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 loud	cop
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	that storms					loud property	tree rules

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

That; inside a house in a storm you are safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 house	nsubj
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 house	punct
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 storm	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 house	nmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 safe	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 house	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you	a house in a storm not said here				safe property	tree rules

Option 4

That lightning is dangerous for people outdoors in a storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 lightning	det
2	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dangerous	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	obl
7	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	4 dangerous	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 storm	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 storm	det
10	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that lightning			a storm		for people; dangerous, outdoors property	tree rules

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