Test 2 · ★★ · Weather, lightning and storms

"Lightning already hit that church spire last year, so it's the safest spot now lol" What's wrong?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lightning, church, safest spot · What happens: hit, spire, be · To what, where: safest spot

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 hit	punct
2	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	nsubj
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 hit	advmod
4	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 spire	mark
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spire	nsubj
7	spire	spire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hit	advcl
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 year	amod
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spire	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 spot	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 spot	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 spot	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 spot	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 spot	det
15	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 spot	amod
16	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obj
17	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 wrong	advmod
18	lol	lol	INTJ	_	22 wrong	discourse
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 wrong	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 wrong	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 wrong	cop
22	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 spot	advcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hit in a quote	past	Lightning				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spire in a quote	present	church		year		tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	church	the safest spot			tree rules
4	is	present	the safest spot		now	wrong property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

Churches can't be struck, they're protected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 struck	nsubj:pass
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 struck	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 struck	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 struck	aux:pass
5	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 struck	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 protected	nsubj:pass
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 protected	aux:pass
9	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 struck	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not strike	can · passive		Churches					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	protect	present · passive		Churches = church					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 2

Nothing, lightning never repeats a place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 repeats	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 lightning	punct
3	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 repeats	advmod
5	repeats	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repeats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not repeat	present	Nothing	a place					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tall things get struck again and again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 things	amod
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 struck	nsubj:pass
3	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	aux:pass
4	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	again	again	ADV	_	4 struck	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 again	cc
7	again	again	ADV	_	5 again	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	present · passive		Tall things			again		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Only new buildings get struck, never old ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 buildings	advmod
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 buildings	amod
3	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 struck	nsubj
4	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 struck	aux:pass
5	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ones	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 ones	advmod
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ones	amod
9	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	present · passive		new buildings				old ones obl	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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