Test 9 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard
Thunder and lightning come at the same moment. What does this tell you?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Thunder, this · What happens: come, tell · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Thunder and lightning come at the same moment.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 lightning | cc |
| 3 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Thunder | conj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 moment | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 moment | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 moment | amod |
| 8 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Thunder and lightning | moment | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 does this tell you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | this | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The storm is right overhead and very dangerous
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 right | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | overhead | overhead | ADV | _ | 4 right | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dangerous | cc |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 dangerous | advmod |
| 8 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the storm | overhead, right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the storm not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
The storm is far away and harmless
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 away | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 away | cop |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 harmless | cc |
| 7 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 away | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the storm | away, far property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the storm not said here | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The storm is moving away fast
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 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 moving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move away | present · progressive | the storm | away, fast property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Lightning and thunder have mixed up their order today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mixed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 thunder | cc |
| 3 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lightning | conj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mixed | aux |
| 5 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 mixed | compound:prt |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 order | nmod:poss |
| 8 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mixed | obj |
| 9 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mixed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix up | present · perfect · passive | Lightning and thunder | today | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary order=Product | ||||
| 2 | order | Lightning | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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