Test 4 · Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and…

What would happen if a candle clock stood by an open window on a windy night?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, stand · To what, where: candle clock

This is test 4 of lesson 122 «Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and hourglasses» of the world 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 clock	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 clock	det
6	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clock	compound
7	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
8	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 clock	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 window	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 window	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 window	amod
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stood	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 night	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 night	det
15	windy	windy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 night	amod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stood	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would		a candle clock					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand	participle		a candle clock not said here			night	by a open window	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It would burn faster and show more time passed than really had

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	3 burn	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 burn	aux
3	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 burn	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 show	cc
6	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 burn	conj
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	obj
9	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 time	acl
10	than	than	SCONJ	_	12 had	mark
11	really	really	ADV	_	12 had	advmod
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 passed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	burn	would	It			fast property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	present			time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass	participle		more time not said here			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	have	past					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It would stop all the clocks in the house

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	3 stop	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 clocks	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clocks	det
6	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would	It	all clocks		the house			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality clock=Eventuality

Option 3

It would show exactly the right time

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	3 show	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
3	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	3 show	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	would	It				time	exactly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It would burn much slower and show less time passed than really had

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	3 burn	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 burn	aux
3	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 slower	advmod
5	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 burn	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 show	cc
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 burn	conj
8	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	obj
10	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 time	acl
11	than	than	SCONJ	_	13 had	mark
12	really	really	ADV	_	13 had	advmod
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 passed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	burn	would	It			slow property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	present			time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass	participle		less time not said here			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	have	past					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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