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Test 3 · ★★ · Weather, lightning and storms

Kieran's dad has the right idea but the wrong reason about cars. Why is it worth fixing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: have, be, fix · To what, where: right idea

This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Kieran's dad has the right idea but the wrong reason about cars.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kieran	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 idea	det
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 idea	amod
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 reason	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reason	det
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reason	amod
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 idea	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 cars	case
13	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reason	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Kieran's dad	the right idea but the wrong reason about cars					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=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: Why is it worth fixing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 worth	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worth	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 worth	expl
4	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	fixing	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 worth	xcomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 worth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						worth property	tree rules
2	fix	gerund							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Cars never get struck anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 struck	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 struck	advmod
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	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 struck	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not strike	present · passive		Cars				anyway property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It doesn't matter at all

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 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	It			all			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A car without a metal roof, like a soft-top, wouldn't protect the same way

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 car	det
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 protect	nsubj
3	without	without	ADP	_	6 roof	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 roof	det
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roof	compound
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 car	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 top	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	12 top	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 top	det
10	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 top	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 soft	punct
12	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 car	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 car	punct
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 protect	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 protect	advmod
16	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 way	det
18	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 way	amod
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not protect	would	a car without a metal roof and a soft top	the same way					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Beneficiary

Option 4

His reason is fine, rubber stops all lightning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 reason	nmod:poss
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stops	punct
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stops	nsubj
7	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	parataxis
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 lightning	det
9	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	His reason					fine property	tree rules
2	stop	present	rubber	all lightning					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality lightning=Eventuality

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