Test 5 · ★★ · Anger and fears
During a storm, the time between flash and bang gets shorter each time. What does this tell you?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: time, this · What happens: get, tell · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: During a storm, the time between flash and bang gets shorter each time.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 storm | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 storm | det |
| 3 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 storm | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | between | between | ADP | _ | 8 flash | case |
| 8 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 time | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 bang | cc |
| 10 | bang | bang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flash | conj |
| 11 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 gets | xcomp |
| 13 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 time | det |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the time between flash and bang | during a storm; time | short property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 tell you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | this | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
The storm is going away from you fast
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 | 4 going | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 going | aux |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 going | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 going | obl |
| 8 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 going | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | present · progressive | the storm | from you; away, fast property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from you=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Lightning is slowing down a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slowing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 slowing | aux |
| 3 | slowing | slow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 slowing | compound:prt |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lot | det |
| 6 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slowing | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slow down | present · progressive | Lightning | a lot | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The storm is coming closer
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 | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coming | aux |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 coming | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | the storm | close property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The storm has stopped for now
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 | 4 stopped | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stopped | aux |
| 4 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 now | case |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 stopped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present · perfect | the storm | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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