Test 7 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms

Why should you stay away from windows when hail falls?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, hail · What happens: stay away, fall · To what, where: windows

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 stay	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 stay	nsubj
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 stay	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 windows	case
7	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	obl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 falls	mark
9	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 falls	nsubj
10	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	advcl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay away	should	you			windows		away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	present	hail						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Windows make the noise much louder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 noise	det
4	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 louder	advmod
6	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Windows	the noise				loud property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product

Option 2

It is only for houses that have skylights in the roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 houses	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 houses	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 houses	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 houses	case
5	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 houses	acl:relcl
8	skylights	skylight	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 roof	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roof	det
11	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for houses	tree rules
2	have	present	houses	skylights		the roof			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skylight=Patient

Option 3

Hailstones melt faster near the warm windows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hailstones	hailstone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 melt	nsubj
2	melt	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 melt	advmod
4	near	near	ADP	_	7 windows	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 windows	det
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 windows	amod
7	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 melt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	Hailstones			the warm windows		fast property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Hail can break glass and the pieces can cut you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 break	aux
3	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cut	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pieces	det
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cut	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 cut	aux
9	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 break	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	can	Hail	glass					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glass=Patient
2	cut	can	the pieces	you					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

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