Test 14 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…

my mate says if you count after the lightning "and get to 5 it's gonna hit your house next". what's wrong

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, you · What happens: say, count, get, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 count	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 count	nsubj
6	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 lightning	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lightning	det
9	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 count	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 lightning	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 get	cc
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 count	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 5	case
14	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 hit	obl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 hit	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 hit	cop
17	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	18 hit	dep
18	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 get	ccomp
19	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 house	nmod:poss
20	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hit	obj
21	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 hit	obj
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 hit	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 wrong	nsubj
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 wrong	cop
26	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	count a condition, not said to happen	present	you	after the lightning		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	get in a quote	infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	is in a quote	present	mate		to 5; hit property	tree rules
5	is	present			wrong property	tree rules

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

Counting makes lightning come closer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	count	gerund				vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	make	present		lightning		tree rules
3	come	infinitive	lightning not said here		close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Five seconds means it's on your roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 seconds	nummod
2	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 roof	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 roof	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 roof	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 roof	nmod:poss
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Five seconds						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it			your roof			tree rules

Option 3

Counting predicts exactly which house the lightning will strike next

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 predicts	nsubj
2	predicts	predict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 house	advmod
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 predicts	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lightning	det
7	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strike	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 strike	aux
9	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 predicts	parataxis
10	next	next	ADV	_	9 strike	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	count	gerund				vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	predict	present		which house		vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
3	strike	future	the lightning		next property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

The count shows how far away the storm is, not where it will strike

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 count	det
2	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 far	advmod
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 shows	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 away	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 away	cop
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 strike	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 strike	advmod
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 strike	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 strike	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 strike	aux
15	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 shows	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	show	present	the count		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the storm	away, far property	tree rules
3	not strike	future	storm		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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