Test 3 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms
Thunder rumbles while a boy in Colorado is washing up. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Thunder, boy · What happens: rumble, wash up, do
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Thunder rumbles while a boy in Colorado is washing up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rumbles | nsubj |
| 2 | rumbles | rumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 washing | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 washing | nsubj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Colorado | case |
| 7 | Colorado | Colorado | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 boy | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 washing | aux |
| 9 | washing | wash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 rumbles | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 washing | compound:prt |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 rumbles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rumble | present | Thunder | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wash up | present · progressive | a boy in Colorado | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stop and wait until the storm passes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 wait | cc |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 passes | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 storm | det |
| 6 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 passes | nsubj |
| 7 | passes | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | pass | present | the storm | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Fill the sink higher with water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fill | fill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sink | det |
| 3 | sink | sink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fill | obj |
| 4 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 sink | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fill | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | imperative | you not said here | the sink | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent sink=Patient with water=Instrument |
Option 3
Finish quickly before the lightning gets close
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finish | finish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Finish | advmod |
| 3 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 gets | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lightning | det |
| 5 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Finish | advcl |
| 7 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | imperative | you not said here | quickly property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | get | present | the lightning | close property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Wear rubber gloves to stay safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | rubber | rubber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gloves | compound |
| 3 | gloves | glove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wear | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stay | mark |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wear | advcl |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | rubber gloves | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent glove=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stay | to-infinitive | you not said here | safe property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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