Test 12 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

flash then i counted 10, now 15 to the bang. coming or going?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: flash · What happens: count, come, go · To what, where: 10

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» 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	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	nsubj
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 counted	advmod
3	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 counted	nsubj
4	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 counted	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 15	punct
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 15	advmod
8	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 counted	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 bang	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bang	det
11	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 15	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 coming	punct
13	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 counted	advcl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 going	cc
15	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 coming	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 counted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	flash	10	then	15 to the bang obl	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 10=Theme
2	come	gerund	flash not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	gerund	flash not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Going away, the gap is getting longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 getting	csubj
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Going	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Going	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gap	det
5	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Going	xcomp
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 getting	aux
7	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 getting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go away	gerund		the gap				away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present · progressive	Going					long property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

You can't tell from counting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 counting	case
6	counting	counting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	can	You			counting			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Staying still, it's the same storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Staying	stay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 storm	csubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Staying	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Staying	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 storm	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 storm	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storm	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 storm	amod
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	gerund					still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	it	the same storm					tree rules

Option 4

Coming closer, because the gap is getting longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 getting	csubj
2	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Coming	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 getting	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 getting	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gap	det
6	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 getting	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 getting	aux
8	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 getting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund						close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present · progressive	the gap					long property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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