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Test 6 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun

Children build a big snow tunnel next to the road after a storm. A snowplough is coming. What is the danger?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Children, snowplough, danger · What happens: build, come, be · To what, where: big snow tunnel

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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: Children build a big snow tunnel next to the road after a storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 build	nsubj
2	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tunnel	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tunnel	amod
5	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tunnel	compound
6	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 build	obj
7	next	next	ADV	_	10 road	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 build	obl
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 storm	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 storm	det
13	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 build	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 build	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present	Children	a big snow tunnel			after a storm	to the road	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tunnel=Product

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: A snowplough is coming.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 snowplough	det
2	snowplough	snowplough	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	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 coming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · progressive	a snowplough						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What is the danger?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 danger	det
4	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the danger						tree rules

The options

Option 1

The plough will melt all the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plough	det
2	plough	plough	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 melt	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 melt	aux
4	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 snow	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 snow	det
7	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 melt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	future	the plough	all snow					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient snow=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The plough could push snow onto the tunnel and bury them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plough	det
2	plough	plough	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 push	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 push	aux
4	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 push	obj
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 tunnel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tunnel	det
8	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 push	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bury	cc
10	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 push	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bury	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	could	the plough	snow		the tunnel			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent snow=Theme onto tunnel=Destination
2	bury	infinitive	the plough not said here	them = they					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

Snowploughs only ever clear the pavements, never the roads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snowploughs	snowplough	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clear	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 clear	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 clear	advmod
4	clear	clear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pavements	det
6	pavements	pavement	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clear	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 roads	punct
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 roads	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 roads	det
10	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clear	infinitive	Snowploughs	the pavements			ever	the roads obl	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pavement=Source

Option 4

The tunnel will be swept away by the wind and nothing else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tunnel	det
2	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swept	nsubj:pass
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 swept	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 swept	aux:pass
5	swept	sweep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 swept	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 wind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swept	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 nothing	cc
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 wind	conj
12	else	else	ADV	_	11 nothing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep away	future · passive	the wind	the tunnel				away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory

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