Test 1 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants… A boy in Oregon feels a long, rolling earthquake while on the beach. No siren sounds. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, siren · What happens: feel, roll, sound, do · To what, where: earthquake
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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: A boy in Oregon feels a long, rolling earthquake while on the beach.
det nsubj case nmod det xcomp punct advcl obj mark case det advcl punct root A DET boy NOUN in ADP Oregon PROPN feels VERB a DET long ADJ , PUNCT rolling VERB earthquake NOUN while SCONJ on ADP the DET beach NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 5 feels nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Oregon case 4 Oregon Oregon PROPN Number=Sing 2 boy nmod 5 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 long det 7 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 5 feels xcomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 rolling punct 9 rolling roll VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 feels advcl 10 earthquake earthquake NOUN Number=Sing 9 rolling obj 11 while while SCONJ _ 14 beach mark 12 on on ADP _ 14 beach case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 beach det 14 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 9 rolling advcl 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 feels punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel present a boy in Oregon long property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 roll gerund a boy in Oregon not said here earthquake vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=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: No siren sounds.
det nsubj punct root No DET siren NOUN sounds VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 2 siren det 2 siren siren NOUN Number=Sing 3 sounds nsubj 3 sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 sounds punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sound present no siren vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What should he do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX he PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should siren vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Go to high ground at once without waiting
case amod obl case obl mark advcl root Go VERB to ADP high ADJ ground NOUN at ADP once ADV without SCONJ waiting VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 to to ADP _ 4 ground case 3 high high ADJ Degree=Pos 4 ground amod 4 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 1 Go obl 5 at at ADP _ 6 once case 6 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 1 Go obl 7 without without SCONJ _ 8 waiting mark 8 waiting wait VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Go advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go imperative you not said here high ground vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ground=Initial_Location 2 wait gerund you not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Watch the sea to see if it changes
det obj mark advcl mark nsubj ccomp root Watch VERB the DET sea NOUN to PART see VERB if SCONJ it PRON changes VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Watch watch VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 sea det 3 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 1 Watch obj 4 to to PART _ 5 see mark 5 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Watch advcl 6 if if SCONJ _ 8 changes mark 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 changes nsubj 8 changes change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 see ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 watch imperative you not said here the sea vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme 2 see to-infinitive you not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 change a condition, not said to happen present sea vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Wait for the siren to sound before he moves off the beach
case det obl mark advcl mark nsubj advcl compound:prt det obl:unmarked root Wait VERB for ADP the DET siren NOUN to PART sound VERB before SCONJ he PRON moves VERB off ADP the DET beach NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 for for ADP _ 4 siren case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 siren det 4 siren siren NOUN Number=Sing 1 Wait obl 5 to to PART _ 6 sound mark 6 sound sound VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Wait advcl 7 before before SCONJ _ 9 moves mark 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 moves nsubj 9 moves move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 sound advcl 10 off off ADP _ 9 moves compound:prt 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 beach det 12 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 9 moves obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait imperative you not said here for the siren vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 sound to-infinitive you not said here vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 move off present siren the beach vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Go home only if the shaking comes back
advmod advmod mark det nsubj parataxis advmod root Go VERB home ADV only ADV if SCONJ the DET shaking NOUN comes VERB back ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 home home ADV _ 1 Go advmod 3 only only ADV _ 7 comes advmod 4 if if SCONJ _ 7 comes mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 shaking det 6 shaking shaking NOUN Number=Sing 7 comes nsubj 7 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Go parataxis 8 back back ADV _ 7 comes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go imperative you not said here home property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 come back a condition, not said to happen present the shaking vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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