Test 5 · ★ · Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang
The sky rumbles while you're in the outdoor pool, and Mia says lightning will hit the pool. What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sky, you, Mia, lightning · What happens: rumble, be, say, hit, do · To what, where: outdoor pool, pool · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 23 «Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang» 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: The sky rumbles while you're in the outdoor pool, and Mia says lightning will hit the pool.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sky | det |
| 2 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rumbles | nsubj |
| 3 | rumbles | rumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 pool | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 pool | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 pool | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 pool | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 pool | det |
| 9 | outdoor | outdoor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 pool | amod |
| 10 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rumbles | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 says | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 says | cc |
| 13 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 says | nsubj |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rumbles | conj |
| 15 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 hit | nsubj |
| 16 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 hit | aux |
| 17 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 says | ccomp |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 pool | det |
| 19 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 hit | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rumbles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rumble | present | the sky | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | you | the outdoor pool | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Mia | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | hit | future | lightning | the pool | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pool=Co-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: What do you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stay in but keep your head down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 keep | cc |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 head | nmod:poss |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | obj |
| 7 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay in | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep down | infinitive | you not said here | your head | down property | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
Option 2
Ignore her, it's only a myth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 myth | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 myth | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 myth | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 myth | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 myth | det |
| 8 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ignore | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a myth | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Get out now; being in water in a storm is dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Get | advmod |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 water | punct |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 water | cop |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 dangerous | nsubj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 storm | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 storm | det |
| 10 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 water | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 dangerous | cop |
| 12 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Get | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | imperative | you not said here | now | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is | gerund | water | in a storm | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | water | dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 4
Swim faster and faster so the lightning can't catch you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swim | swim | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Swim | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 faster | cc |
| 4 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 faster | conj |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 10 catch | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lightning | det |
| 7 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 catch | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 catch | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 catch | advmod |
| 10 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Swim | advcl |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 catch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | imperative | you not said here | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not catch | can | the lightning | you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
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