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Test 8 · ★★ · Weather, lightning and storms

A cartoon shows a storm called Hurricane Bob, and Bob gets arrested for causing it. What's the real story?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, real story · What happens: show, call, arrest, cause, be · To what, where: storm, Bob · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: A cartoon shows a storm called Hurricane Bob, and Bob gets arrested for causing it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 storm	det
5	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 storm	acl
7	Hurricane	Hurricane	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bob	compound
8	Bob	Bob	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 arrested	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 arrested	cc
11	Bob	Bob	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 arrested	nsubj:pass
12	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 arrested	aux:pass
13	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shows	conj
14	for	for	SCONJ	_	15 causing	mark
15	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 arrested	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 causing	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon	a storm					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent storm=Recipient
2	call	participle		a storm not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	arrest	present · passive		Bob					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	cause	gerund		storm					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=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: What's the real story?

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	5 story	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the real story						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Bob is the scientist who made it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bob	Bob	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 scientist	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scientist	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 scientist	det
4	scientist	scientist	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 made	nsubj
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scientist	acl:relcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Bob	the scientist					tree rules
2	make	past	the scientist	scientist					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product

Option 2

Bob won a competition to cause storms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bob	Bob	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 competition	det
4	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cause	mark
6	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 won	advcl
7	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	Bob	a competition					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competition=Eventuality
2	cause	to-infinitive	Bob not said here	storms					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition storm=Patient

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

Names come from a list made in advance; nobody causes it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 list	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 list	det
5	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 come	obl
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 list	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 advance	case
8	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 causes	punct
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 causes	nsubj
11	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 come	parataxis
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 causes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Names			a list			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from list=Initial_Location
2	make	participle		a list not said here		advance			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	cause	present	nobody	advance					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient

Option 4

Storms are named after the angriest person nearby at the time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 named	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 named	aux:pass
3	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 person	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	angriest	angry	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 named	obl
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	7 person	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 time	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 named	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present · passive		Storms			after the angriest person; time		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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