Test 10 · ★ · Wind and weather

Why is a door stop a good idea on a windy day with the windows open?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: door · What happens: be

This is test 10 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 stop	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	nsubj
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 idea	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 idea	amod
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	windy	windy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 windows	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 windows	det
15	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 day	nmod
16	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stop	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a door				day	stop property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

It keeps the room warmer when the windows are open

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	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 room	det
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 keeps	xcomp
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 open	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 windows	det
8	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 open	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 open	cop
10	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the room				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme
2	is	present	the windows					open property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A gust can slam the door on someone's fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gust	det
2	gust	gust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slam	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 slam	aux
4	slam	slam	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slam	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 fingers	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 fingers	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 someone	case
10	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slam	can	a gust	the door		someone's fingers			vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent door=Patient on finger=Location

Option 3

It stops the windows from breaking in the strong wind

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	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 windows	det
4	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stops	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 breaking	mark
6	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stops	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 wind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wind	det
9	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wind	amod
10	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 breaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	It	the windows					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality window=Eventuality
2	break	gerund				the strong wind			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location

Option 4

It keeps the wind from blowing into the house 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	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 blowing	mark
6	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 keeps	advcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blowing	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 blowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the wind					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme
2	blow	gerund				the house		at all	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into house=Product

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