Test 7 · Earthquakes A week after a big quake the ground shakes again. Mia says a new disaster is starting. What's most likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ground, Mia, new disaster · What happens: shake, say, start, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 44 «Earthquakes» of the geography 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 week after a big quake the ground shakes again.
det obl:unmarked case det amod nmod det nsubj advmod punct root A DET week NOUN after ADP a DET big ADJ quake NOUN the DET ground NOUN shakes VERB again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 week det 2 week week NOUN Number=Sing 9 shakes obl:unmarked 3 after after ADP _ 6 quake case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 quake det 5 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 6 quake amod 6 quake quake NOUN Number=Sing 2 week nmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 ground det 8 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 9 shakes nsubj 9 shakes shake VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 again again ADV _ 9 shakes advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 9 shakes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shake present the ground again; week vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
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: Mia says a new disaster is starting.
nsubj det amod nsubj aux ccomp punct root Mia PROPN says VERB a DET new ADJ disaster NOUN is AUX starting VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 disaster det 4 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 5 disaster amod 5 disaster disaster NOUN Number=Sing 7 starting nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 starting aux 7 starting start VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 says ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Mia vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 start present · progressive a new disaster vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Sentence 3: What's most likely?
cop advmod advmod punct root What PRON 's AUX most ADV likely ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 most most ADV Degree=Sup 4 likely advmod 4 likely likely ADV _ 1 What advmod 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present likely property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It is an aftershock, common for months after
nsubj cop det punct amod case obl compound:prt root It PRON is AUX an DET aftershock NOUN , PUNCT common ADJ for ADP months NOUN after ADP 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 4 aftershock nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 aftershock cop 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 aftershock det 4 aftershock aftershock NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 common punct 6 common common ADJ Degree=Pos 4 aftershock amod 7 for for ADP _ 8 months case 8 months month NOUN Number=Plur 6 common obl 9 after after ADP _ 6 common compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a aftershock tree rules
Option 2 It is a volcano about to erupt
nsubj cop det mark mark acl root It PRON is AUX a DET volcano NOUN about SCONJ to PART erupt VERB 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 4 volcano nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 volcano cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 volcano det 4 volcano volcano NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 about about SCONJ _ 7 erupt mark 6 to to PART _ 7 erupt mark 7 erupt erupt VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 volcano acl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a volcano tree rules 2 erupt to-infinitive vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 It is a sign the first quake was fake
nsubj cop det det amod nsubj cop acl:relcl root It PRON is AUX a DET sign NOUN the DET first ADJ quake NOUN was AUX fake ADJ 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 4 sign nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 sign cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 sign det 4 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 quake det 6 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 7 quake amod 7 quake quake NOUN Number=Sing 9 fake nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 fake cop 9 fake fake ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sign acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a sign tree rules 2 is past the first quake a sign not said here fake property tree rules
Option 4 It is a tsunami arriving late
nsubj cop det acl advmod root It PRON is AUX a DET tsunami NOUN arriving VERB late ADV 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 4 tsunami nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 tsunami cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 tsunami det 4 tsunami tsunami NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 arriving arrive VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 tsunami acl 6 late late ADV Degree=Pos 5 arriving advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a tsunami tree rules 2 arrive gerund a tsunami not said here late property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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