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Test 7 · ★ · Facing fears

During a storm, a boy counts five seconds between the flash and the bang, then ten seconds a bit later. What does it show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, storm · What happens: count, show

This is test 7 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: During a storm, a boy counts five seconds between the flash and the bang, then ten seconds a bit later.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	During	during	ADP	_	3 storm	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 counts	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 storm	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 counts	nsubj
7	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 seconds	nummod
9	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 counts	obj
10	between	between	ADP	_	12 flash	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flash	det
12	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seconds	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bang	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bang	det
15	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flash	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 seconds	punct
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 seconds	advmod
18	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 seconds	nummod
19	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 counts	parataxis
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 bit	det
21	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 later	obl:unmarked
22	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	19 seconds	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 counts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	a boy				during a storm; second		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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 it show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	storm						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The lightning has hit his house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lightning	det
2	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hit	aux
4	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 house	nmod:poss
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	present · perfect · passive		the lightning					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient house=Result

Option 2

The storm has stopped for good

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 stopped	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	aux
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 good	case
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stopped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present · perfect	the storm					for good	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

The storm is coming closer

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 coming	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 coming	aux
4	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 coming	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · progressive	the storm					close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The storm is moving away

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	present · progressive	the storm					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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