Test 4 · ★★ · Weather emergencies
A girl in Los Angeles is in the playground when the ground starts shaking. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, ground · What happens: be, start, shake, do · To what, where: playground
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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 girl in Los Angeles is in the playground when the ground starts shaking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 playground | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Los | case |
| 4 | Los | Los | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | Angeles | Angeles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Los | flat |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 playground | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 playground | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 playground | det |
| 9 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 starts | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ground | det |
| 12 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 starts | nsubj |
| 13 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 playground | advcl |
| 14 | shaking | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 starts | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 playground | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a girl in Los | the playground | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | start | present | the ground | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | shake | gerund | the ground not said here | 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: What should she do?
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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 | ground | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get away from walls and wires, then drop and cover her head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 walls | case |
| 4 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Get | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wires | cc |
| 6 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 walls | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 drop | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 drop | advmod |
| 9 | drop | drop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 cover | cc |
| 11 | cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 head | nmod:poss |
| 13 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cover | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away | imperative | you not said here | walls and wires | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from wall=Source | |||
| 2 | drop | infinitive | you not said here | then | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | cover | infinitive | you not said here | her head | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Destination |
Option 2
Climb up the climbing frame
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Climb | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 frame | det |
| 4 | climbing | climbing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frame | compound |
| 5 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | imperative | you not said here | the climbing frame | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location frame=Theme |
Option 3
Stand next to the school wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | next | next | ADV | _ | 1 Stand | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 wall | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wall | det |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wall | compound |
| 6 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | imperative | you not said here | to the school wall; next property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Run into the school building at once, where the walls will keep her safe
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 building | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 building | det |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 building | compound |
| 5 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Run | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 keep | punct |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 keep | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 walls | det |
| 11 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 keep | nsubj |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 keep | aux |
| 13 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Run | conj |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 keep | obj |
| 15 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | the school building | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into building=Destination | ||||
| 2 | keep | future | the walls | her = she | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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