Test 15 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms
thunder, can we shelter under the big tree
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: thunder · What happens: shelter · To what, where: big tree
This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shelter | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 thunder | punct |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 shelter | aux |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 shelter | nsubj |
| 5 | shelter | shelter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 tree | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tree | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tree | amod |
| 9 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shelter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shelter | can | thunder | the big tree | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Location |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if you lie down under it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 lie | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lie | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 lie | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 lie | nsubj |
| 5 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 lie | compound:prt |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie down | present | you | it | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under it=Location |
Option 2
Yes, it keeps you dry n safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 keeps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | obj |
| 6 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 n | amod |
| 7 | n | n | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | obj |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | it | you | safe property | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent you=Theme n=Attribute |
Option 3
Only the biggest tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 tree | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tree | det |
| 3 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 tree | amod |
| 4 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, go inside a building or car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 6 building | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 building | det |
| 6 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 car | cc |
| 8 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 building | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | a building or car | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme inside building=Location |
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