Test 7 · ★ · Wind and weather
Someone says a tornado sucks up roofs like a giant hoover. What is closer to the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Someone, tornado · What happens: say, suck up, be · To what, where: roofs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Someone says a tornado sucks up roofs like a giant hoover.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tornado | det |
| 4 | tornado | tornado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sucks | nsubj |
| 5 | sucks | suck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 sucks | compound:prt |
| 7 | roofs | roof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sucks | obj |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 hoover | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 hoover | det |
| 10 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hoover | amod |
| 11 | hoover | hoover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sucks | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Someone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | suck up | present | a tornado | roofs | like a giant hoover | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent roof=Source |
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 is closer to the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 closer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | cop |
| 3 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 truth | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 truth | det |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closer | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | to the truth; close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A tornado is a real pipe of air from the sky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tornado | det |
| 2 | tornado | tornado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pipe | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pipe | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pipe | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pipe | amod |
| 6 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 air | case |
| 8 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pipe | nmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 sky | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sky | det |
| 11 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pipe | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a tornado | a real pipe | the sky | of air | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Fast spinning wind and very low pressure in the middle rip and lift them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wind | amod |
| 2 | spinning | spin | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 wind | amod |
| 3 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 pressure | cc |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 low | advmod |
| 6 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pressure | amod |
| 7 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wind | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 rip | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rip | det |
| 10 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rip | compound |
| 11 | rip | rip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pressure | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 lift | cc |
| 13 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wind | conj |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lift | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | lift | infinitive | wind | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3
The roofs float up because they get hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 roofs | det |
| 2 | roofs | roof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 float | nsubj |
| 3 | float | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 float | compound:prt |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 get | nsubj |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 float | advcl |
| 8 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float up | present | the roofs | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | present | roofs = roof | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Tornadoes are only strong enough to lift leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tornadoes | tornado | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 strong | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 strong | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 strong | advmod |
| 4 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 4 strong | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 lift | mark |
| 7 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 strong | advcl |
| 8 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lift | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Tornadoes | enough, strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lift | to-infinitive | Tornadoes not said here | leaves | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |
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