Test 10 · ★★ · Weather, lightning and storms
Grandad is calming you in a storm with his saying. What's the kind and safe response?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, kind response · What happens: calm, say, be · To what, where: you, storm · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 15 «Weather, lightning and storms» of the myths 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: Grandad is calming you in a storm with his saying.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 calming | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 calming | aux |
| 3 | calming | calm | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 calming | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 storm | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 storm | det |
| 7 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calming | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 saying | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 saying | nmod:poss |
| 10 | saying | saying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 storm | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 calming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calm | present · progressive | Grandad | you | a storm with Grandad's saying | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | say | Grandad | nom saying «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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's the kind and safe response?
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 response | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 response | amod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 safe | cc |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kind | conj |
| 7 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind response | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Go outside together to prove to him that his old saying is wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 prove | mark |
| 5 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Go | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 prove | obl |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 wrong | mark |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 saying | nmod:poss |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 saying | amod |
| 11 | saying | saying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wrong | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 wrong | cop |
| 13 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prove | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | outside, together property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | prove | to-infinitive | you not said here | him = he | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | present | his old saying | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | say | his = he | nom saying «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Stay indoors with him; it's a nice saying but not a safety rule
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | indoors | indoors | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 him | case |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 saying | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 saying | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 saying | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 saying | det |
| 9 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 saying | amod |
| 10 | saying | saying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 rule | cc |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 rule | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 rule | det |
| 14 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rule | compound |
| 15 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saying | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | with him = he; indoors property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a nice saying but a safety rule | tree rules |
Option 3
Tell him off for lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Tell | compound:prt |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 lying | case |
| 5 | lying | lying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | for lying | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 4
Stand at the open window to watch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 window | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 window | det |
| 4 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 window | amod |
| 5 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stand | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 watch | mark |
| 7 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Stand | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | imperative | you not said here | the open window | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location | ||||
| 2 | watch | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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