Test 1 · ★ · Wind and weather
My nan says when the barometer drops, take a brolly. Is she onto something?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, barometer · What happens: say, drop, take, be · To what, where: brolly, something · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 15 «Wind and weather» of the physics 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: My nan says when the barometer drops, take a brolly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nan | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 drops | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 barometer | det |
| 6 | barometer | barometer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drops | nsubj |
| 7 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 take | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 drops | punct |
| 9 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 brolly | det |
| 11 | brolly | brolly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 take | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My nan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | drop | present | the barometer | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | take | infinitive | a brolly | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brolly=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: Is she onto something?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 something | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 something | nsubj |
| 3 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 4 something | case |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 something | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | barometer | something | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, falling pressure often warns of rain and wind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 falling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | falling | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 warns | csubj |
| 4 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 falling | obj |
| 5 | often | often | ADV | _ | 6 warns | advmod |
| 6 | warns | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 rain | case |
| 8 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 warns | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wind | cc |
| 10 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rain | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | gerund | pressure | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient pressure=Result | |||||
| 2 | warn speech: warn | present | falling | of rain and wind; often property | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of rain=Topic |
Option 2
No, a dropping barometer means sunshine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 barometer | det |
| 4 | dropping | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 barometer | amod |
| 5 | barometer | barometer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | a dropping barometer | sunshine | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunshine=Topic |
Option 3
No, barometers only show the temperature, not the weather
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 show | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | barometers | barometer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 show | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 show | advmod |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 temperature | det |
| 7 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 show | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 weather | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 weather | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 weather | det |
| 11 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 temperature | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | barometers | the temperature and the weather | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent temperature=Recipient |
Option 4
Yes, but only in summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 summer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 summer | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 summer | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 summer | case |
| 6 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
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