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Test 4 · ★★ · Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground

In a storm, you see a flash and hear the bang 5 seconds later. What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, this · What happens: see, hear, show · To what, where: flash, storm, bang

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground» 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: In a storm, you see a flash and hear the bang 5 seconds later.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 storm	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 storm	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
6	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 flash	det
8	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hear	cc
10	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bang	det
12	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hear	obj
13	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 seconds	nummod
14	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 later	obl:unmarked
15	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 hear	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	you	a flash		a storm			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flash=Stimulus
2	hear	present	you not said here	the bang				late property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bang=Stimulus

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 does this show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The storm is getting closer by itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 getting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 getting	aux
4	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 getting	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 itself	case
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 getting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · progressive	the storm					by storm; close property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The flash and bang happen at different times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flash	det
2	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happen	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 bang	cc
4	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flash	conj
5	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 times	case
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 times	amod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	the flash and bang				time		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Sound reaches you before light does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reaches	nsubj
2	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 reaches	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 does	mark
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	nsubj
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reaches	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	present	Sound	you					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	do	present	light						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Light reaches you before sound does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reaches	nsubj
2	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 reaches	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 does	mark
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	nsubj
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reaches	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	present	Light	you					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	do	present	sound						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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