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Test 8 · ★★ · Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes

Mount St Helens erupted sideways, not straight up. Why?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mount · What happens: erupt

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Mount St Helens erupted sideways, not straight up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mount	Mount	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 erupted	nsubj
2	St	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mount	flat
3	Helens	Helens	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mount	flat
4	erupted	erupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	4 erupted	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 up	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 up	advmod
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 up	advmod
9	up	up	ADV	_	4 erupted	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 erupted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erupt	past	Mount					sideways property	vn appear-48.1.1 «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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Its top had been dug away by miners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 top	nmod:poss
2	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dug	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dug	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 dug	aux:pass
5	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 dug	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 miners	case
8	miners	miner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dug	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig away	past · perfect · passive	miners	Its top				away property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

It erupted under a lake

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 erupted	nsubj
2	erupted	erupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 lake	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lake	det
5	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 erupted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erupt	past	It			a lake			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under lake=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its north side collapsed in a landslide, letting the blast out sideways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 side	nmod:poss
2	north	north	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 side	amod
3	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 collapsed	nsubj
4	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 landslide	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 landslide	det
7	landslide	landslide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 collapsed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 letting	punct
9	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 collapsed	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 blast	det
11	blast	blast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 letting	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	9 letting	compound:prt
13	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	9 letting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collapse	past	Its north side			a landslide			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	let out	gerund	Its north side not said here	the blast				sideways property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blast=Theme

Option 4

It was hit by a strong wind that bent the column of ash right over

The tree, 15 words

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	3 hit	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hit	aux:pass
3	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 wind	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wind	det
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wind	amod
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hit	obl:agent
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 bent	nsubj
9	bent	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wind	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 column	det
11	column	column	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bent	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 ash	case
13	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 column	nmod
14	right	right	ADV	_	15 over	advmod
15	over	over	ADV	_	9 bent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past · passive	a strong wind	It					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme
2	bend	past	a strong wind	the column of ash				over property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent column=Material

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