Test 6 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms
Your family is told to evacuate before a cyclone in Queensland. What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family · What happens: tell, evacuate, be · To what, where: family · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Your family is told to evacuate before a cyclone in Queensland.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 family | nmod:poss |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | aux:pass |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 evacuate | mark |
| 6 | evacuate | evacuate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | xcomp |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 cyclone | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cyclone | det |
| 9 | cyclone | cyclone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 evacuate | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Queensland | case |
| 11 | Queensland | Queensland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 cyclone | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | Your family | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | evacuate not said to happen | to-infinitive | Your family not said here | before a cyclone in Queensland | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: 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 is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Follow the order and leave with your family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 order | det |
| 3 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Follow | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 leave | cc |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Follow | conj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 family | nmod:poss |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | imperative | you not said here | the order | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | with your family | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with family=Theme |
Option 2
Go down to the coast to watch the surge come in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 coast | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 coast | det |
| 5 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 watch | mark |
| 7 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Go | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 surge | det |
| 9 | surge | surge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 watch | obj |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 watch | xcomp |
| 11 | in | in | ADV | _ | 10 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go down | imperative | you not said here | to the coast; down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | watch | to-infinitive | you not said here | the surge | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come in | infinitive | the surge not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Wait at home to see how strong the wind gets first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 home | case |
| 3 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 strong | advmod |
| 7 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 gets | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wind | det |
| 9 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gets | nsubj |
| 10 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | ccomp |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 gets | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | home | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | get | present | the wind | strong | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer strong=Stimulus |
Option 4
Stay home, because houses are always safe in storms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 safe | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 safe | mark |
| 5 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 safe | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 safe | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 safe | advmod |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | parataxis |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 storms | case |
| 10 | storms | storm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 safe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | houses | storms | always, safe property | tree rules |
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