Test 5 · ★★ · Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes
A volcano's ground has swollen 50 cm and small quakes are happening every hour. What should the authorities do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: 50 cm, authorities · What happens: swell, happen, do · To what, where: ground
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes» 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 volcano's ground has swollen 50 cm and small quakes are happening every hour.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 volcano | det |
| 2 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ground | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 volcano | case |
| 4 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swollen | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 swollen | aux |
| 6 | swollen | swell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 cm | nummod |
| 8 | cm | cm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 happening | nsubj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 quakes | cc |
| 10 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 quakes | amod |
| 11 | quakes | quake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cm | conj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 happening | aux |
| 13 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 swollen | ccomp |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 hour | det |
| 15 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 happening | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 swollen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swell | present · perfect · passive | a volcano's ground | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | happen | present · progressive | 50 cm and small quakes | hour | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 should the authorities do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 authorities | det |
| 4 | authorities | authority | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | the authorities | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Tell everyone to climb up and look
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 climb | mark |
| 4 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 climb | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 look | cc |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 climb | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | climb up not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | look | infinitive | you not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Wait until lava appears before doing anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 4 appears | mark |
| 3 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 appears | nsubj |
| 4 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 doing | mark |
| 6 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 doing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | appear | present | lava | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | do | gerund | you not said here | anything | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Prepare to move people away, an eruption may be coming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prepare | prepare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 move | mark |
| 3 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Prepare | xcomp |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 move | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 move | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 coming | punct |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 eruption | det |
| 8 | eruption | eruption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 coming | nsubj |
| 9 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 coming | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 coming | aux |
| 11 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 move | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prepare | imperative | you not said here | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | move away not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | people | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme people=Result | |||
| 3 | come | may · progressive | a eruption | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nothing, those signs mean the volcano is dying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 signs | det |
| 4 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 volcano | det |
| 7 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dying | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dying | aux |
| 9 | dying | die | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 mean | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Nothing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | die | present · progressive | the volcano | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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