Test 1 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard
A girl in a thunderstorm on a golf course in Florida can run to the clubhouse or to a big lone oak. Which is safer and why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: run, be
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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 a thunderstorm on a golf course in Florida can run to the clubhouse or to a big lone oak.
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 | 13 run | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 thunderstorm | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 thunderstorm | det |
| 5 | thunderstorm | thunderstorm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 course | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 course | det |
| 8 | golf | golf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 course | compound |
| 9 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thunderstorm | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Florida | case |
| 11 | Florida | Florida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 course | nmod |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 run | aux |
| 13 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 clubhouse | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 clubhouse | det |
| 16 | clubhouse | clubhouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 run | obl |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 oak | cc |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 oak | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 oak | det |
| 20 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 oak | amod |
| 21 | lone | lone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 oak | amod |
| 22 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 clubhouse | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 run | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | can | a girl in a thunderstorm on a golf course in Florida | to the clubhouse or a big lone oak result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to clubhouse=Result |
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 safer and why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 safer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safer | cop |
| 3 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 why | cc |
| 5 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 safer | conj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 safer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | safe property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The oak, because lightning avoids living things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 oak | det |
| 2 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 avoids | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 avoids | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 avoids | mark |
| 5 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 avoids | nsubj |
| 6 | avoids | avoid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 things | amod |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 avoids | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | present | the oak | living things | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Location |
Option 2
Either, because lightning never strikes the same place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Either | either | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 strikes | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Either | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 strikes | mark |
| 4 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 strikes | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 strikes | advmod |
| 6 | strikes | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 place | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 place | amod |
| 9 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 strikes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not strike | present | lightning | the same place | either property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The clubhouse, because a lone tall tree draws lightning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 clubhouse | det |
| 2 | clubhouse | clubhouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 draws | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 draws | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 draws | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 6 | lone | lone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tree | amod |
| 7 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tree | amod |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 draws | nsubj |
| 9 | draws | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 draws | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | present | the clubhouse | lightning | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lightning=Theme |
Option 4
The oak, because its leaves keep her dry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 oak | det |
| 2 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keep | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 keep | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 keep | mark |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 leaves | nmod:poss |
| 6 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 keep | nsubj |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 dry | nmod:poss |
| 9 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | the oak | dry property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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