Test 3 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

Which is true about a car in a lightning storm?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 car	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 storm	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 storm	det
9	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 storm	compound
10	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 car	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about a car in a lightning storm; true 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

An open-topped car is just as safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 car	det
2	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 topped	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 open	punct
4	topped	top	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 car	amod
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 safe	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 safe	advmod
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 safe	advmod
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	top	participle							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	a topped car					safe property	tree rules

Option 2

Cars attract lightning and should be left at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attract	nsubj
2	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attract	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 left	cc
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 left	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 left	aux:pass
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 attract	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	Cars	lightning					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lightning=Patient
2	leave	should · passive	Cars not said here						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: at once=Location

Option 3

Its rubber tyres stop the lightning from reaching the ground at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tyres	nmod:poss
2	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tyres	compound
3	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stop	nsubj
4	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lightning	det
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	obj
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 reaching	mark
8	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stop	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reaching	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 reaching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Its rubber tyres	the lightning					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality lightning=Eventuality
2	reach	gerund	Its rubber tyres not said here	the ground		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent ground=Theme at all=Asset

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

Its metal body carries the current around the people inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 body	nmod:poss
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 body	compound
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carries	nsubj
4	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 current	det
6	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carries	obj
7	around	around	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 people	det
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carries	obl
10	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 carries	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	Its metal body	the current				around the people; inside property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent current=Theme

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