Test 4 · ★ · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu…
The ground starts shaking during a lesson in Los Angeles. Which is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ground · What happens: start, shake, be
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 329 «Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthquake drills, pick-up, phones, tidy desks, homework and group work» 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: The ground starts shaking during a lesson in Los Angeles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ground | det |
| 2 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 starts | nsubj |
| 3 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | shaking | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 starts | xcomp |
| 5 | during | during | ADP | _ | 7 lesson | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lesson | det |
| 7 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shaking | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Los | case |
| 9 | Los | Los | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lesson | nmod |
| 10 | Angeles | Angeles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Los | flat |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 starts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | the ground | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | shake | gerund | the ground not said here | during a lesson in Los | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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: Which is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Run to the door and down the stairs before the building moves more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 door | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 door | det |
| 4 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stairs | cc |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 stairs | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stairs | det |
| 8 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 door | conj |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 12 moves | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 building | det |
| 11 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 moves | nsubj |
| 12 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | advcl |
| 13 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 12 moves | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | to the door and the stairs result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to door=Result | ||||
| 2 | move | present | the building | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Go to the window to see outside
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 window | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 window | det |
| 4 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Go | advcl |
| 7 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 6 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | the window | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | outside property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Get under your desk, hold on and stay until it stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 desk | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 desk | nmod:poss |
| 4 | desk | desk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hold | punct |
| 6 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | parataxis |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 hold | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stay | cc |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 10 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 12 stops | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stops | nsubj |
| 12 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 stay | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | your desk | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | hold on | infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | stay | infinitive | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | stop | present | desk | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
Stand up on your chair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Stand | compound:prt |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 chair | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 chair | nmod:poss |
| 5 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand up | imperative | you not said here | your chair | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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