Test 11 · ★ · Facing fears

flash then i counted 1 2 3 4 5 6 then boom. whys counting help

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: flash, whys · What happens: count · To what, where: 1 5 6, help

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	nsubj
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 counted	advmod
3	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 counted	nsubj
4	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 6	compound
6	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 3	compound
7	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 1	nmod
8	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 5	compound
9	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 6	compound
10	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 counted	obl
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 boom	advmod
12	boom	boom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 counted	punct
14	whys	why	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 counted	obj
15	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 whys	acl
16	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 counting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	flash	1 5 6			then	boom obl	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent why=Theme
2	count	gerund	whys not said here	help					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=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.

The options

Option 1

It makes the storm go away much faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 storm	det
4	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 faster	advmod
8	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the storm				fast property	tree rules
2	go away	infinitive	the storm not said here					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It shows how far away the storm is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 far	advmod
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 shows	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 storm	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 away	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 away	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the storm					away, far property	tree rules

Option 3

It shows how loud the next one will be

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 loud	advmod
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shows	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loud	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 loud	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 loud	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	future	the next one					loud property	tree rules

Option 4

It tells you when the rain will stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 tells	iobj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stop	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rain	det
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stop	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	aux
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tells	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	It		you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	future	the rain						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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