Test 19 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms

my mate says if u touch a tree in a storm the lightning goes into u and turns u to ash. what's exaggerated and what's true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, u, lightning · What happens: say, touch, go, turn, exaggerate, be · To what, where: tree, storm, u · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 touch	mark
5	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 touch	nsubj
6	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 touch	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 storm	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 storm	det
11	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 touch	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lightning	det
13	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 goes	nsubj
14	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 storm	acl:relcl
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 u	case
16	u	u	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 goes	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 turns	cc
18	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 goes	conj
19	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 turns	obj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 ash	mark
21	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 turns	xcomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 exaggerated	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 exaggerated	aux:pass
25	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	parataxis
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 true	cc
27	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 true	nsubj
28	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 true	cop
29	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 exaggerated	conj
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	touch a condition, not said to happen	present	u	a tree	a storm		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Co-Theme
3	go	present	the lightning	a storm not said here	u		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location storm=Theme
4	turn	present	the lightning not said here	u			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme you=Result
5	exaggerate	present · passive					tree rules
6	is	present				true 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

Lightning never hits trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hits	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 hits	advmod
3	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hit	present	Lightning	trees					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Co-Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

All true, lightning only hits people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lightning	det
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lightning	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 true	punct
4	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hits	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 hits	advmod
6	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	present	all true lightning	people					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme people=Co-Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Ash is made up, but trees in storms are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dangerous	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 dangerous	cc
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dangerous	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 storms	case
9	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trees	nmod
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dangerous	cop
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	present · passive		Ash					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
2	is	present	trees in storms					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 4

All made up, trees are the safest place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 trees	det
2	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 trees	amod
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 made	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 place	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 place	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 place	det
8	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 place	amod
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	participle							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	all made trees	the safest place					tree rules

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