Test 6 · Weather: pressure, wind, clouds and storms

If light and sound travelled at the same speed, what would you notice in a storm?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: light, you · What happens: travel, notice · To what, where: same speed, storm

This is test 6 of lesson 15 «Weather: pressure, wind, clouds and storms» 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 travelled	mark
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 travelled	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sound	cc
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 light	conj
5	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 speed	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 speed	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 speed	amod
9	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 travelled	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 notice	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 notice	obj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 notice	aux
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 notice	nsubj
14	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 speed	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 storm	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 storm	det
17	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 notice	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 travelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	light and sound			the same speed			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory
2	notice	would	you	the same speed		a storm			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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

Lightning would become invisible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	Lightning					invisible property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

You would hear the thunder at the same moment as the flash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thunder	det
5	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 moment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 moment	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 moment	amod
9	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 flash	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flash	det
12	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	would	You	the thunder			moment	as the flash	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus

Option 3

You would never hear thunder at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hear	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hear	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 hear	advmod
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hear	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	would	You	thunder		all			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus

Option 4

You would hear the thunder before the flash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thunder	det
5	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 flash	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flash	det
8	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	would	You	the thunder			before the flash		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus

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