Test 19 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

my uncle says lightning "hit a man 20 miles from the storm while the sun was out". what's the bit to trust

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, lightning, sun · What happens: say, hit, be, trust · To what, where: man, storm, bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hit	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 lightning	punct
6	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hit	obj
9	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 miles	nummod
10	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hit	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 storm	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 storm	det
13	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hit	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 out	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sun	det
16	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 out	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 out	cop
18	out	out	ADV	_	6 hit	advmod
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 out	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 bit	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 bit	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 bit	det
24	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
25	to	to	PART	_	26 trust	mark
26	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 bit	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my uncle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hit in a quote	past	lightning	a man	the storm		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent man=Patient mile=Result
3	is in a quote	past	the sun			out property	tree rules
4	is a	present		the bit			tree rules
5	trust	to-infinitive	my uncle not said here				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

The options

Option 1

You're safe if you can see sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 safe	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 see	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 safe	advcl
8	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					safe property	tree rules
2	see a condition, not said to happen	can	you	sun					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus

Option 2

Lightning only ever strikes in heavy rain, so sunshine means you're safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strikes	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 strikes	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 strikes	advmod
4	strikes	strike	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rain	case
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rain	amod
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strikes	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 means	advmod
10	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 strikes	parataxis
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 safe	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 safe	cop
14	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	sunshine						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you					safe property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Lightning can strike far from the storm, so go indoors when you hear thunder

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strike	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 strike	aux
3	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 strike	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 storm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 storm	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 far	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 strike	parataxis
11	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 hear	mark
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 hear	nsubj
14	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 go	advcl
15	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	strike	can	Lightning		far property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	infinitive			indoors property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hear	present	you	thunder		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus

Option 4

Lightning never travels far

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travels	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 travels	advmod
3	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 travels	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not travel	present	Lightning					far property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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