Test 4 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…
During a storm, a girl in Colorado counts 3 seconds, then 5, then 9 between flash and bang. What is happening?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: count, happen
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: During a storm, a girl in Colorado counts 3 seconds, then 5, then 9 between flash and bang.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 storm | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 storm | det |
| 3 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 counts | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 storm | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 counts | nsubj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Colorado | case |
| 8 | Colorado | Colorado | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 girl | nmod |
| 9 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 seconds | nummod |
| 11 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 counts | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 5 | punct |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 5 | advmod |
| 14 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 seconds | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 9 | punct |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 9 | advmod |
| 17 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 seconds | conj |
| 18 | between | between | ADP | _ | 19 flash | case |
| 19 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 9 | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 bang | cc |
| 21 | bang | bang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 flash | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 counts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | a girl in Colorado | during a storm; second | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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: What is happening?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happening | aux |
| 3 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · progressive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The storm is moving away from her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 storm | det |
| 2 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moving | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 moving | aux |
| 4 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 moving | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 moving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move away | present · progressive | the storm | from her = she; away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from she=Trajectory |
Option 2
She is counting too slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 counting | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 counting | aux |
| 3 | counting | count | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 slowly | advmod |
| 5 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 3 counting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present · progressive | She | slowly property | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
The storm is coming towards her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 storm | det |
| 2 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coming | aux |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 6 her | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 coming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | the storm | towards her = she | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards her=Initial_Location |
Option 4
The storm is right overhead and staying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 storm | det |
| 2 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 overhead | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 overhead | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 overhead | amod |
| 5 | overhead | overhead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 staying | cc |
| 7 | staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 overhead | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the storm | overhead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | gerund | the storm not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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