Test 3 · ★ · Wind and weather
Kid in a cartoon floats off holding an umbrella in a gust. What's more likely in real life?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kid · What happens: float off, hold, be · To what, where: umbrella, gust, real life
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Kid in a cartoon floats off holding an umbrella in a gust.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 floats | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 cartoon | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cartoon | det |
| 4 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | nmod |
| 5 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 floats | compound:prt |
| 7 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 floats | advcl |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 umbrella | det |
| 9 | umbrella | umbrella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 holding | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 gust | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 gust | det |
| 12 | gust | gust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 holding | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 floats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float off | present | Kid in a cartoon | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hold | gerund | Kid in a cartoon not said here | a umbrella | a gust | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent umbrella=Theme in gust=Location |
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 more likely in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 likely | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The umbrella becomes a parachute upwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 umbrella | det |
| 2 | umbrella | umbrella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 becomes | nsubj |
| 3 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 parachute | det |
| 5 | parachute | parachute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 becomes | xcomp |
| 6 | upwards | upwards | ADV | _ | 3 becomes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | the umbrella | a parachute | upwards property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
The wind stops when it touches the umbrella
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wind | det |
| 2 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stops | nsubj |
| 3 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 touches | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 touches | nsubj |
| 6 | touches | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stops | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 umbrella | det |
| 8 | umbrella | umbrella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 touches | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | the wind | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | touch | present | wind | the umbrella | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme umbrella=Co-Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The umbrella flips inside out and the kid stays put
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 umbrella | det |
| 2 | umbrella | umbrella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flips | nsubj |
| 3 | flips | flip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 5 out | advmod |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 flips | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stays | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kid | det |
| 8 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stays | nsubj |
| 9 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 flips | conj |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 stays | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flip | present | the umbrella | out property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stay | present | the kid | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | put | participle | the kid not said here | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The kid flies over the rooftops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flies | nsubj |
| 3 | flies | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 rooftops | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rooftops | det |
| 6 | rooftops | rooftop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 flies | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | present | the kid | the rooftops | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over rooftop=Location |
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