Test 18 · ★ · Airports and planes

my cousin says on her flight the plane "dropped like 1000 feet" and a lady hit the ceiling cos no seatbelt. what's likely blown up

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, plane · What happens: say, drop, hit, blow up · To what, where: plane, ceiling · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» 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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 flight	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 flight	nmod:poss
6	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hit	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plane	det
8	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hit	nsubj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 dropped	punct
10	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 plane	acl
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 feet	case
12	1000	1000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 feet	nummod
13	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dropped	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 dropped	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 lady	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lady	det
17	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plane	conj
18	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ceiling	det
20	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hit	obj
21	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	23 seatbelt	case
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 seatbelt	det
23	seatbelt	seatbelt	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hit	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	28 blown	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 blown	nsubj:pass
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 blown	aux
27	likely	likely	ADV	_	28 blown	advmod
28	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 hit	conj
29	up	up	ADP	_	28 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop in a quote	participle		the plane and a lady not said here	like 1000 feet	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	hit	past	the plane and a lady	the ceiling	cos no seatbelt; on cousin's flight	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent ceiling=Instrument on flight=Patient
4	blow up	present · passive			likely property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

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

That turbulence can come with no warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 turbulence	det
2	turbulence	turbulence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 warning	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 warning	det
7	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	can	that turbulence					with no warning	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The exact huge drop; the lesson is keep your belt on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drop	det
2	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drop	amod
3	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drop	amod
4	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	nsubj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 lesson	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lesson	det
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drop	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 keep	cop
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 belt	nmod:poss
11	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	9 keep	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the exact huge drop and the lesson					keep property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

That the lady wasn't wearing her belt when the plane hit bumpy air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 lady	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wearing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wearing	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 wearing	advmod
6	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 belt	nmod:poss
8	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wearing	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 hit	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 plane	det
11	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hit	nsubj
12	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wearing	advcl
13	bumpy	bumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 air	amod
14	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wear	past · progressive	that lady	lady's belt					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent belt=Theme
2	hit	past	the plane	bumpy air					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme air=Co-Theme

Option 4

That planes have seat belts at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 planes	det
2	planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 belts	compound
5	belts	belt	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	that planes	seat belts		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Patient

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