Test 9 · ★ · Electricity and safety

Granddad is out in a field when thunder starts and there is no building nearby. What is best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Granddad, thunder, building · What happens: be, start · To what, where: field

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 28 «Electricity and safety» 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: Granddad is out in a field when thunder starts and there is no building nearby.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Granddad	granddad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 field	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 field	cop
3	out	out	ADV	_	6 field	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 starts	mark
8	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 starts	nsubj
9	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 field	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 is	cc
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 is	expl
12	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 starts	conj
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 building	det
14	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 is	nsubj
15	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	14 building	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 field	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Granddad	a field	out property	tree rules
2	start	present	thunder			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	be	present	no building	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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: What is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 best	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 best	cop
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 best	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Run to the only tree in the field and shelter there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 tree	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shelter	cc
10	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 field	conj
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 shelter	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			the field and shelter		to the only tree result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tree=Result

Option 2

Lie down flat across the metal gate to keep off the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 Lie	advmod
3	flat	flat	ADV	_	1 Lie	advmod
4	across	across	ADP	_	7 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gate	compound
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lie	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Lie	advcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 keep	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grass	det
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	imperative	you not said here			the metal gate		down, flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep off	to-infinitive	you not said here	the grass					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Theme

Option 3

Stand right on top of the hill to watch it coming in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	right	right	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 top	case
4	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 top	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 watch	mark
9	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stand	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 watch	obj
11	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 watch	xcomp
12	in	in	ADV	_	11 coming	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here		top of the hill	right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location
2	watch	to-infinitive	you not said here	hill			tree rules
3	come in	gerund	hill not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Stay low and away from tall things and open water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 away	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 away	cc
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 things	case
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 away	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 water	cc
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 things	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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